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The Bipartisan Policy Center launched the Commission on Political Reform in 2013 to investigate the causes and consequences of America’s partisan political divide and to advocate for specific reforms that will improve the political process and that will… Continue reading
Vladimir Kogan has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Direct democracy is sometimes described as a “gun behind the door” that influences state policy outcomes, but little is known about how legislators react when voters actually pull… Continue reading
Franita Tolson: “Despite these developments, the lesson of Shelby County should not be that states have broad authority to impose restrictive voting regulations. The true lesson of the decision, one year later, is that even the most painful and… Continue reading
“I think it’s important for everybody to participate. Voting rights has been an issue of great importance in Mississippi. People have really contributed a lot of energy and effort to making sure the political process is open to everyone.”
—Sen.… Continue reading
Eliza:
Mississippi’s bruising GOP Senate primary, which voters will decide Tuesday in a runoff, has come at great cost — more than $17 million — to Republicans.
More than 30 Republican-friendly outside groups, from Club for Growth Action to… Continue reading