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Election Reform

The voting rights movement is winning important victories across the country.

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    Voter Bill of Rights

From unreliable electronic voting machines and millions of uncounted ballots, to partisan election officials and 10-hour waits at the polls, it is clear that our electoral system is in dire need of an overhaul. To build a more just, secure, and robust democracy, please support the following 10-point Voter Bill of Rights . . .

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    Nichols: Special Report on the 2008 Elections

(November 5, 2008)
"A great democracy that is home to a very busy people ought not ask citizens to wait up to eight hours to cast their ballots, But that is precisely what America has done during the course of this most volatile and critical of election seasons."

    KPFK covers "No More Stolen Elections!"

Date: October 28, 2008

    Take the Pledge of Action!

source: No More Stolen Elections!

    Ohio GOP Plays Voter Fraud Card

Date: October 13, 2008

    Manski: The New U.S. Democracy Movement

(October 9, 2008)
If the people are generally progressive, and the system is the problem, then a movement to establish rule by the people – a democracy movement – could be the solution.

    Making Voting Work: An Analysis of Military and Overseas Citzen Voting

(September 15, 2008)
The Pew Center on the States launched their Making Voting Work project after the 2006 elections in an effort to look into the extensive controversies regarding voting irregularities.  The project has released several informative publications, usually a little cautious in their proposed reforms, but always comprehensive in data presentation.

    Report from Democracy Day

Date: 6/9/2008

    Maryland Funds New Voting System

Date: April 8, 2008

    Measure T Bans Corporate Campaign Financing

(September 3, 2007)
The Fall 2007 issue of Yes Magazine features an article by Liberty Tree Fellow Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap. Kaitlin writes about Measure T, the groundbreaking campaign passed in Humboldt County, California that bans outside corporate money in elections and challenges the doctrine of corporate constitutional rights.

    The 2006 Mid-term Elections: Change or Continuity?

But how significant is this change? Have the results confirmed that a major realignment has occurred, and that momentous change is in on the way? And, perhaps even more fundamentally, is this election a  demonstration of the power of voters, and a clear reflection of their true concerns and aspirations?

    ACS Paper: Preserving and Expanding the Right to Vote: Ranked-choice Voting

In this American Constitution Society white paper, Liberty Tree Fellows Patrick Barrett and David Cobb join Caleb Kleppner of Election Solutions in making the case for ranked-choice voting.

    Debate on ballot measure could go national

Date: February 22, 2006

    Rainbow/PUSH: Voting Rights Act Reauthorization

source: Rainbow/PUSH and VoteJustice.org

    The Citizen's Election Assessment Hearing

"The challenge is to create a movement that expands and deepens the notion of elections and democracy itself."

    Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the U.S.A

"The task . . . is to facilitate the growth of an aggressive democracy movement in the United States."
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