A state abridges the right to vote when it denies a citizen the right to have his/her vote counted with equal weight relative to the citizens of other states.
Count Votes Equally
The Right to Vote For President
The Constitution does not permits states to deny citizens the right to vote directly or indirectly for President.
States Have All The Options
The Constitution gives the States enormous power over the President’s election. The unwillingness of States to even consider other ways to elect the President is a problem.
Campaigning Equals Governing
The Consent of the Governed?
The idea of ‘consent of the governed’ is so magnetic that even undemocratic countries thirst for the confirmation that it provides.
We The People
To make the American democracy work as it should, it is necessary to guarantee that both parties' nominees must seek to pursue the preferences of most people.
The MLB All-Star Game and the Electoral College
No, unlike MLB All-Star fan voting, we have a “one person, one vote” rule for electing the president. That’s obviously more fair! But take a closer look: also unlike MLB All-Star voting, not all votes for president tend to count equally. That’s very obviously worse.
A Challenge In California
Something you may not know: Harvard Law Professor and former presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig is suing the state of California. His argument? The state disenfranchised Republican voters in the 2016 general election because their votes did not count under the winner-take-all system.
The Participation Gap
With no engagement by the candidates, voters outside of closely contested battleground states will feel ignored. And ignored voters can quickly become nonvoters.
Democracy's Debut
Tyranny of the majority? Our Constitution was established by the most radically democratic and popular action known to history.
Originalism and Presidential Elections
Those who defend the current Presidential election system might argue that it is what the founders intended, i.e., a form of originalism. But nothing could be further from the truth. What the founders intended was never put into effect, and the current system bears even less resemblance to their principles.
A Better System for Everyone
By a wide margin, Americans want to elect their president by popular vote – not because such a system would favor Democrats (it would not) but because a popular vote would mean every person’s vote in every state would count the same.
Voters Make Great Myth Busters
States don't belong to parties, they belong to people – people who move, people whose lives are affected by changing economies – and the political leanings of the states where they live will continuously evolve as a result.
The Consent of the Governed
Losing Trust In Government
Would it surprise you to learn that a large majority of Americans affirmatively agree that they do not want to see their local hospitals destroyed by heavy rainstorms? I mean, let’s hope not. Fine, the question is silly but the problem isn’t: it’s raining more than it used to.
Party Upheaval
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and what does her upset victory tell us about the shape of the two party-system in America today?
An Uphill Battle
A Path Towards Democracy
In every election in the United States, the winner of the election is the person who wins the most votes. Every election except one: the choice of the president and the vice president.