The costs of running elections are skyrocketing and at the same time the funding is not following. Experts find the situation alarming.
Democracy in America articles
This Democracy in America archive has all our articles about election reform in the United States. The section is meant to encourage discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of the election system and help you build new ideas for the future. Be sure to check out our main section on American democracy as well.
Republicans Discover The Horror Of Gerrymandering
The GOP protests started nearly as soon as the lopsided votes in the New York legislature were completed earlier this month.
Algorithm To Make Risk-Limiting Vote Audits More Efficient
Only five states have conducted risk-limiting audit, and Rhode Island is the only mainly precinct-based voting jurisdiction to do so.
Advocates Struggle To Overcome New Texas Voting Barriers
A key advocate warns that Texas’s new voting law introduces an “intimidation factor” that could turn some off from voting at all.
Presidential Records Act Violations: Short and Long-Term Solutions
Recent reporting suggests that Trump shredded far more documents than previously known, and that many of those records were destroyed.
How Democrats Botched The Fight Over Voting
Over the past year Democrats told supporters that America’s future was at stake if they did not pass two doomed voting rights bills.
Indiana Urged To Move To Paper Election Ballots
A proposal to improve Indiana’s election security by adding small printers to thousands of electronic touch-screen voting is being criticized.
International Companies Lobbying Against US Competitiveness
Foreign corporations in Asia and the Asian Pacific have lobbied on the US Innovation and Competition Act, based on lobbying disclosures.
How Big Businesses Are Colonizing The Classroom
Parents say their children’s education suffers when career and technical education programs are tailored to the needs of corporations.
Legislators in 20+ States Push for Ranked Voting
Kicking off this new year, state legislators in over 20 states proposed new legislation to advance ranked choice voting (RCV).