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If you want to weaken gerrymandering, avert government shutdowns, reduce the concentration of power among politicians, blunt the influence of money in elections, loosen the grip of national media narratives, lower the cost of running for office and give voters a stronger sense that their voice matters, there is a single structural reform for that. If Congress won’t revisit the Reapportionment Act of 1929, then the Supreme Court should. That century-old law’s obsolescence is responsible for many of the country’s most persistent frustrations. It gives rise to districts so large they feel abstract; campaigns so expensive they depend heavily on...

A California mayor is defiant after Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law in direct response to the city’s attempt to secure elections. The saga began on March 5, when Huntington Beach voters weighed in and passed ballot measure 1, the Voter ID and Election Rules Amendment. According to Ballotpedia, the charter amendment authorized the city to require voter identification for elections and allowed infrastructure to support the initiative. ... In 2023, then-Mayor Tony Strickland supported the measure in the face of pressure from local and state Democrats seeking to torpedo it. “Our democracy does not work if people do not...

My name is James Knox and I am a former ultra conservative Montana Legislator. I now reside in Arizona. A friend of mine and I came up with a bill to guarantee the security of the ballot. At least it addresses the issue that ensures one legal voter, one legal vote. Best of all most of the systems are currently in place but not used for elections, but for the criminal justice system. We call this bill the DD (Document Discriminator) Voter ID bill. Please use the link above to download the current bill concept paper. Or this link https://1drv.ms/b/s!Ah4YZazQWz4ygtgVjlOHG1nSke-E7A?e=7ErTp3...