New video from Project Sphere, a collaborative Cato/Brookings debate project: “Election Integrity: How Do We Restore Faith in Our Election System?” A discussion with Jeanine Abrams McLean of FairCount, Dan McLaughlin of National Review, and Walter Olson of Cato, moderated… Continue reading
You’re Invited to an AEI-hosted Book Release:
Electoral Reform in the United States: Proposals for Combating Polarization and ExtremismEdited by: Larry Diamond, Edward B. Foley, and Richard H. Pildes
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | 8:30 AM to 12:15 PM ETAEI… Continue reading
NBC News:
Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop all four felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump in connection with his effort to overturn his 2020 presidential election in the lead-up to the deadly Jan. 6 attack… Continue reading
Nate Cohn for NYT’s “The Tilt:”
It has long been clear that the rise of Donald J. Trump meant the end of the Republican Party as we once knew it.
It has belatedly become clear that his rise may have… Continue reading
The published version of this article is now available, as part of a political reform symposium published at the Univ. of Illinois Law Review. Here’s the abstract:
In recent years political reform advocates and advocacy groups have proposed a form… Continue reading
Bolts Magazine reviews the role of Native Voters in Alaska’s ballot reform efforts, noting, among other things, that “[a]reas with large Alaska Native populations provided the winning margin against repeal. Across the state’s three majority-Native House districts, the ‘no’ vote… Continue reading
A new Common Ground Democracy essay on how the fear of being primaried is preventing the Senate from serving its constitutionally essential role of checking excessive presidential power.