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Updated California Voting Rights Act improves voting protections and opens the door for new remedies
California voting rights advocates secured a major victory with the passage of the updated California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last month. The bill strengthens protections for voters, and paves the way for more innovation from municipalities as they seek to address local challenges. This is the most significant update to the CVRA in years and, for advocates of proportional representation, it’s a notable breakthrough.
How Bad Could Things Get for the Voting Rights Act? The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Preview. (Harvard Law Review) | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is an essential safeguard of the political equality of racial and ethnic minorities. Yet the Supreme
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is an essential safeguard of the political equality of racial and ethnic minorities. Yet the Supreme Court has severely, and steadfastly, compromised the VRA’s effectiveness over the past decade. Through novel constitutional doctrines, strained statutory readings, and inconsistent application of procedural principles, the Court has placed the VRA’s future in doubt. The result is a less representative, less inclusive democracy.
An August ultimatum: No recess until redistricting reform is done
As democracy reform falters in Congress, voters across the country are being left defenseless against an onslaught of restrictive voting laws enacted by Republican legislatures. And while voters swept Democrats into power on the promise that electoral reform was their top priority (the bills are H.R. 1 and S. 1 for a reason), those efforts have run up against the filibuster and the near-uniform opposition of Republicans on every major bipartisan compromise offered to date.
NYC mayoral candidates should adjust strategies for ranked-choice
“Who are your top five?” With weeks until voting starts in New York City’s primary election, it’s a question every major endorsement should answer – and so should the candidates. New York City is about to run the largest ranked-choice voting election in U.S. history, but you wouldn’t know it from the way the campaigns are playing out so far. With rare exceptions, advocacy organizations and candidates alike have been running as if the only thing that matters is a voter’s top choice.
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As founder and research director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, E.J. McMahon is a go-to expert on budget plans and policy proposals. His organization promotes greater transparency, accountability and fiscal responsibility in state government, which often puts him at odds with lawmakers and the governor. McMahon previously worked as a journalist in Albany, as an Assembly Republican staffer and a budget adviser for almost 30 years, giving him great insight into the goings-on in the Capitol.
NYC mayoral candidates should adjust strategies for
Dianne Morales an excluded workers victory rally. Candidates should seek (and share) “top five” endorsements to make the most of New York’s new ranked-choice elections “Who are your top five?” With weeks until voting starts in New York City’s primary election, it’s a question every major endorsement should answer – and so should the candidates.
A powerful tool to take on the Supreme Court - if Democrats use it right
© Bonnie Cash A powerful tool to take on the Supreme Court — if Democrats use it right As Senate Republicans rushed to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat in the waning days of the 2020 election, the once-radical notion of reforming the Supreme Court went mainstream.
A powerful tool to take on the Supreme Court - if Democrats use it right
As Senate Republicans rushed to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat in the waning days of the 2020 election, the once-radical notion of reforming the Supreme Court went mainstream.
Ranked choice voting is constitutional
By: Richard Pildes and G. Michael Parsons October 15, 2020 In our highly polarized and divisive political climate, many Americans are looking for reforms to improve our elections and strengthen our democracy. One reform gaining traction in states and localities around the country is ranked-choice voting, or RCV. In November, voters in Massachusetts (and Alaska as well) get to decide whether to adopt RCV. In recent ...
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