election reform Archives

November 29, 2012 | Russ Baker

Tags: democracy, election reform, electoral college, presidential elections

The Post-Election Project: Should America Have a National Popular Vote?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Replacing the controversial and disenfranchising Electoral College with a straight national popular vote sounds impossible. Or is it? Under the radar, an effort to create a national vote may be on its way to eventual success.

Threats to Democracy, US Politics

October 15, 2012 | Russ Baker

Tags: Common Cause, democracy, election reform, elections, electoral college, Libertarian, presidential elections, proportional representation, reform, third parties

Unstacking the Deck: The Status Quo, Third Parties, and You

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you have trouble figuring out how the presidential nominees are substantively different on the great issues of our time, you’re not necessarily dense. The system as it currently operates encourages candidates and campaigns that hew to the unremarkable and the disappointing.