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American Democracy Originals
This American Democracy Originals archive has all our best and original articles about election reform in the United States, not including the original work of our our DC Authors. Articles in this American Democracy Originals archive were put together by the DC editing team as part of our daily curation of pro-democracy news from around the web. Be sure to check out our main section on American Democracy as well.
VIDEO: American City Mayors Have a Big Role in Many Reforms
David Axelrod hosted mayors of Boston, New Orleans, Denver and Gary for discussion on the power of city mayors
VIDEO: How Philanthropy Can Save Local Journalism
Duke University held an event with a discussion of the role of philanthropy in reviving local journalism initiatives
VIDEO: How Racial Animosity Led to Immobilized Local Governments
Was evolving authority to state governments a response to the rise of Black political empowerment in American cities?
Big Court Win Boosts Smaller Pennsylvania Political Parties
Minor party and independent candidates for Governor in Pennsylvania in 2018 will need 5,000 signatures
Setback for Virginia Ballot Access Bill Follows a Pattern
Virginia politicians defeated the latest attempt to reform the state law that determines ballot access
Expert claims a new U.S. Constitution is needed
Professor Chris Edelson speaks out on what he calls a “permanent shift to unconstrained presidential power”
NYC’s public campaign finance system is in trouble
The New York City public campaign finance system is sending its first real warning signs of trouble
A fight over using paper ballots consumes Georgia election
Unverified vote counting has become a big political issue in the ongoing race for governor and a war of words has ignited
Move making it harder to alter South Dakota constitution advances
Constitutional amendment would increase the majority vote threshold required for a constitutional change to at least 55 percent