Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday the Labour Party will contest the next election ​with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system, ‌after he announced he was establishing a natio...

If we are prepared and play our cards right, we may have a window of opportunity to build new election systems that reflect Americans’ choices.

After Callais v. Louisiana, winner-take-all districts make racial and partisan gerrymandering inevitable, and proportional representation through the Fair Representation Act would better protect votin...

If California's state legislature had six political parties, which would you belong to?

Learn about democracy reform and help shape a fairer electoral system with more choices and better representation for California.

WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez attended a hearing held by the House Committee on Rules to advocate for changes to House rules for next Congress. She urged the commi...

The Twin Falls County Fair wrapped up as independent U.S. Senate candidate Todd Achilles campaigned there, discussing rising costs, health care and congressional reform with voters in the Magic Valley...

Achilles talked to Military.com about fighting corruption, better health care, and ending endless wars. He faces 83-year-old GOP Sen. Jim Risch.

Elected officials, legal scholars, academics, and voting rights leaders across the political spectrum support proportional representation.

Voters overwhelmingly want something different, but don’t know or understand the reform options on the table.

Much of what ails us can be blamed on the steady degradation of the legislature as the other branches of government grabbed power for themselves. It’s time to start undoing the damage.

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Three high-school leaders share what energizes them about American politics: more parties and more pathways to get involved.

Under proportional representation, gerrymandering is prohibitively difficult. The system would end the redistricting wars for good.

Democrats can save the country from an authoritarian takeover, but to do so they must focus on systemic reforms, the author argues in this adaptation from his new book.

A new poll shows support for moving the U.S. toward proportional representation, a system that elects multiple representatives in a single district in rough proportion to a party's vote share.

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Gerrymandering persists because single-member districts allow it.

The current congressional map for Georgia gives nine of 14 House seats to Republicans and five to Democrats, but Georgia is divided politically 50-50. The system must change.

Under proportional representation, gerrymandering is prohibitively difficult. The system would end the redistricting wars for good.

From the early days of Cornell’s founding to the present, scholars have studied the idea and the practice of democracy.

Constitutional design still favors two major parties, no matter the PR model.

My biggest problem on the campaign trail has turned out to be getting anyone to pay attention to the race.

Big Tent Boulder County submitted more than 18,000 signatures for a November ballot measure to expand the county commission. The county has up to 30 days to verify them.

Rob Salmond, Proportional Representation and Female Parliamentarians, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 2, May, 2006

Leaders from across the political spectrum offer ideas to strengthen American democracy for its next 250 years.

The next 250 years of America should create a democracy that is more representative and more resilient than the one we inherited.