A healthy representative democracy gives voters meaningful choices and elected officials real incentives to respond to the people. America’s electoral rules should promote competition and put voters at the center of the process.
Election administration is too often influenced by partisan politics, leaving voters with less confidence in the fairness, neutrality, and consistency of how elections are run.
All-party primaries are a proven institutional reform that can increase competition, broaden participation, improve representation, and reduce the outsized influence of narrow electorates and ideological donors
ERN's Heather Balas briefed congressional staffers on the Fair Rules, Fair Maps initiative, sponsored by the Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus, to put an end to redistricting once and for all.
Insider politics shouldn't block reform to our dysfunctional primary system
State-level progress on election reform is possible and happening right now, and can build toward broader national action in the future.
Fact sheet summarizing a House bill establishing national standards for redistricting (H.R. 10379)
Critical data and context on partisan gerrymandering is delivered in this presentation, prepared by the Election Reformers Network
The Problem Solvers Caucus has put forward four bipartisan redistricting reforms that deserve serious attention
ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson spoke in favor of an effort to adopt all-party primaries in Massachusetts.
Across the nation, partisan gerrymandering divides our communities and dilutes the power of our vote so those in power can stay in power. But how do we know when gerrymandering has actually occurred?
Watchdogs and redistricting experts filed an amicus brief to guide courts in assessing political gerrymandering, using the standard authored by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. New Mexico's current court challenge provided the case study.
This post by Kevin Johnson originally appeared on The Fulcrum. It pointed out that, absent a change of heart from Sen. Joe Manchin, the For the People Act was headed for defeat. Johnson urged Democratic leaders to shift focus to components like gerrymandering with a chance of becoming law.
