Some of these states might actually have the opportunity to pass election regulation laws to prevent gerrymandering, voter suppression, voter caging, etc. Heck, they might even be able to address ballot stacking. (They might have to add consequences to officials and NGOs who do these things anyway. Harsh fines or something.)
Imagine if the US actually strived to make its elections more free and fair.
You ban gerrymandering by passing laws to create strict rules about how districts are made. It’s tricky but there’s some science.
Ranked choice is easier to implement at the state level. At the national level we need a Constitutional amendment. However, there is good news, we might get enough states onboard with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to kill the Electoral College.
Some of these states might actually have the opportunity to pass election regulation laws to prevent gerrymandering, voter suppression, voter caging, etc. Heck, they might even be able to address ballot stacking. (They might have to add consequences to officials and NGOs who do these things anyway. Harsh fines or something.)
Imagine if the US actually strived to make its elections more free and fair.
Ban gerrymandering and implement ranked choice.
You ban gerrymandering by passing laws to create strict rules about how districts are made. It’s tricky but there’s some science.
Ranked choice is easier to implement at the state level. At the national level we need a Constitutional amendment. However, there is good news, we might get enough states onboard with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to kill the Electoral College.
They put voters in cages? 😳
Voter caging has been in the news an awful lot lately, mostly regarding DoJ’s lists.