The Senate “has become an obstructive and useless body, a menace to…liberties…, and an obstacle to social growth”, Victor Berger (1911).
Election Methods articles on Democracy Chronicles
This election methods reform section will highlight alternatives to the widely used plurality voting system like approval, ranked and instant-runoff voting. See our entire section called Voting Methods Central. Also see our section on American democracy.
Yes, Vote-Buying Is Illegal. But Why?
Vote-buying has long been an illegal practice in the United States. However, many are still not aware of why exactly it is the case.
New Maps Spark Debate Over Majority-Minority Districts
Because Black favor Democrats, Republicans have been pleased to construct districts with substantial percentages of Black voters.
Common Sense for Uniting America
Max voting unites us. It incentivizes all candidates to align their political platforms as closely as possible with the majority opinion.
Ranked Choice Voting Survived Its Biggest Election Season Yet
Voters in several towns cast their ballots this month by ranking a slate of applicants as opposed to deciding on simply one.
Rationalizing the Presidential Nomination Process
The evolution of how we elect presidents has been dependent on chance as much as deliberate design during the last six decades.
Ranked choice voting, a remedy to gerrymandering
Redistricting, pejoratively, gerrymandering, has been a problem since 1776. However, ranked choice voting is a remedy to gerrymandering.
Ranked Voting May Offer Courts A Way To Fix Redistricting
Courts impose ranked-choice voting to remedy redistricting. It permits courts to correct redistricting without creating too many districts.
The Price of Free Elections
How much does an election cost? For a democracy as old as that of the United States of America, the answer is surprisingly unclear.
The Era of Easier Voting for Disabled People Is Over
“Thanks to absentee ballots, drop-off boxes, curbside voting, people with disabilities turned out in record numbers in the 2020 election”.