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Information about Today's Big Conflicts and Possible Solutions
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Electoral Processes
Electoral processes have been widely challenged with charges of gerrymandering, voter suppression, illegitimate voters, erroneous counting, and unfair (though legal) procedures (such as the U.S. electoral college which sometimes allows a candidate who lost the popular vote still win the presidential election).
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Preserve Electoral Integrity and Continuity
Free and fair elections are at the core of all democratic systems. Voters need confidence that they can always replace unpopular leaders. This requires a wide range of efforts to preserve electoral integrity and the rule of law.
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Are We Fiddling While Rome Burns?
A reflection on why it still makes sense to try to find a middle ground between the far left and the far right, even as the far right seems to be profoundly threatening to U.S. democracy.
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Establishing Electoral Integrity
Trusted elections are key to stable democracies. All eligible voters must be allowed to vote, and they must have confidence that their vote was actually counted correctly. When charges of election fraud are widespread, even if untrue, that can greatly weaken a democracy.
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US democracy is broken: How to fix voting rights, elections, the Senate, and the Electoral College
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How not to reform our electoral system
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Taking the Voters Out of the Equation': How the Parties Are Killing Competition
Another reason why people are cynical about politics and the US Congress--their votes increasingly don't matter.
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National Conservatism Is a Direct Threat to Religious Freedom
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Scholars Ask Congress to Scrap Winner-Take-All Political System
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Trump's Open Plot to Break the Federal Government
A preview of the emerging effort to radically alter the role that the federal government plays in US society.
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Trump Isn't Merely Unhinged
For those contemplating a second Trump Presidency, a critical look at his latest thinking (with lots of reasons to worry).
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Is the Electoral Fix Already In?
Amid the cascade of articles describing the many ways in which Donald Trump threatens democracy, an important counterpoint on the right's concerns about the fairness of the upcoming election.