Each chamber of Congress has the authority to judge its members’ elections and the Executive can enforce the Guarantee Clause.
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.
Why COVID Led To Recalls Flopping Nationwide
2021 looks set to be the year of the recall seen Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall and targets on school board members over COVID restrictions.
Ranked Choice Voting In The Press
Ranked Vote Voting (RCV) has steadily grown in popularity in the United States, with 2021 being its biggest record year yet.
The Completely Useless and Undemocratic US Senate
The Senate “has become an obstructive and useless body, a menace to…liberties…, and an obstacle to social growth”, Victor Berger (1911).
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.