Duy Nguyen makes the now-familiar point that district compactness is a poor proxy for redistricting values we actually care about like partisan fairness, minority representation, and competition. Over the past two centuries, the quickest way to spot a gerrymandered map… Continue reading

Larry Lessig writes that reform of the Electoral Count Act shouldn’t be rushed and should try to address the problem posed by the independent state legislature doctrine — namely, that state legislatures might claim constitutional authority to miscount or falsely… Continue reading

Leo Strine and Dorothy Lund have a new article on the problems created by corporate political spending. In our article, Corporate Political Spending is Bad Business, we explore the deep problems that corporate political spending poses for corporations and… Continue reading

Pennsylvania Republicans are furious over the prospect of a fairer state house map, and so are proposing to replace the existing commission with a new one biased in their favor and lacking ultimate authority over redistricting. (The proposal is likely… Continue reading

Conservative columnist Henry Olsen takes the time to debunk lies about election fraud in Pennsylvania. Contrary to ridiculous claims about fraudulent ballots in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, turnout increased less in Pennsylvania’s big cities in 2020 than just about everywhere else… Continue reading

Fresh off passing dozens of electoral changes in 2021 — many of them making it harder to vote or increasing the likelihood of election subversion — legislatures in states like Arizona, Florida, Michigan, and Wisconsin are now at it again.… Continue reading

A lawsuit was filed challenging Rep. Cawthorn’s eligibility to serve in Congress on the ground that he helped incite the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection and thus violated Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. If this suit progresses, others will certainly… Continue reading

Protect Democracy just published this sobering report on antidemocratic extremism in the American political system. America’s authoritarian faction is both more extreme and more successful than similar movements in other advanced democracies. Yet despite its ascendency, this faction does not… Continue reading

Ezra Klein observes that Republicans currently seem more focused than Democrats on lower-level positions, especially ones with authority over election administration. Ironically, for much of the twentieth century, it was Democrats who dominated elections at all subpresidential levels. That edge… Continue reading

I’m gratified to see that Fareed Zakaria, in his current special on the challenges democracies currently face, is picking up my views on the rise of political fragmentation and the risks it poses: On the anniversary of January 6, as… Continue reading