New York Has a Chance to Change Voting Forever New York Has a Chance to Change Voting Forever
In a state with massive registration gaps and abysmal turnout rates, automatic voter registration is the course correction we need.
May 6, 2019 / Sean McElwee
What 1919 Taught Us What 1919 Taught Us
Struggles for the rights of women, immigrants and black Americans defined the US in a year that holds striking parallels to today.
Apr 16, 2019 / Arnold Isaacs
Electoral College Bound Electoral College Bound
Amending the constitution—that’s unconstitutional!
Apr 9, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Democratic Contenders Now Call for Abolishing the Electoral College Why Democratic Contenders Now Call for Abolishing the Electoral College
After the 2000 election, when Al Gore won the popular vote, Democrats were slow to respond, seeming to lack a basic sense of what was at stake. Not anymore.
Apr 8, 2019 / John Nichols
Stacey Abrams: ‘Open That Door’ Stacey Abrams: ‘Open That Door’
The continuing fight for the right to vote.
Apr 5, 2019 / Jon Wiener
Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote
Plus Harold Meyerson on the trouble with Beto.
Apr 4, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Right to Vote Should Be Guaranteed by the Constitution The Right to Vote Should Be Guaranteed by the Constitution
Elizabeth Warren is championing a great idea.
Mar 29, 2019 / John Nichols
In Defense of Fusion Voting In Defense of Fusion Voting
It’s the antidote to the winner-take-all electoral system, solves the “wasted vote” or “spoiler” dilemmas that otherwise plague third parties and allows citizens who identify as in...
Mar 22, 2019 / Maurice Mitchell and Dan Cantor
Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is leading the change to lower the voting age, and she just got 125 House members to vote with her.
Mar 15, 2019 / John Nichols
VIDEO: Inside the Decades-Long Republican Campaign to Suppress the Vote VIDEO: Inside the Decades-Long Republican Campaign to Suppress the Vote
A new film tracks the partisan campaign to make it harder and more dangerous to vote.
Mar 11, 2019 / Timothy Smith