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Gerrymander Gazette: Making a new redistricting calendar work for democracy
Ranked Choice Voting passed in New York!
Ranked Choice Voting is coming to NYC elections in 2021!
Democracy Counts Newsletter, June 2019
Democracy Counts Newsletter – May 2019
Newsmax: Conservative Columnist Evolves on Public Financing
It took 40 years, but conservative columnist Paul DeLespinasse of Corvallis, Oregon, evolves on public financing and Common Cause. Democracy Wire welcomes the author to the right side of history and adds our thanks to Newsmax where this piece was first published.
Democracy Counts Newsletter, April 2019
Yes, it's April Fools, but the Census is far from an April fools joke.
News Blues
I have a bad case of news blues. Journalism is fast becoming a vast wasteland, recalling the great Newt Minow’s insightful characterization of television in the early Sixties. Newsrooms across the land are hollowed out, or in many cases shuttered.
Democracy Counts Newsletter, January 2019
“Fake” News Isn’t Only Issue Facing Media and Our Democracy
So-called "fake" news isn't the only issue people should be concerned about with respect to the media. Even real news has an "infotainment" quality that lends itself to a herd mentality and the corporate mergers that consolidate decision-making in distant corporate HQ that care more about profit and dividends than covering city hall or the school board.
