On March 31, 20226 President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order (EO) ENSURING CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION AND INTEGRITY IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. (Yes, the Administration used all caps.) Here is the essence of what it orders…. (Read more)
Portland City Elections: Toward Two Part...
Portland, Oregon, first used its new proportional ranked-choice voting electoral system to elect city council members in November 2024. A variety of groups endorsed candidates in this nonpartisan election. Analyses of these groups’ endorsements point to the emergence of four political blocs: national progressivism, pro-business pragmatism, local progressivism, and laborism…. (Read more)
An Initial Assessment of Proportional Ra...
Harris or Trump could imperil the peacef...
“Presidential power,” declared presidential historian Richard Neustadt, “is the power to persuade.” By virtue of being the center of attention, a president can move the minds of Congress and the public. A party’s presidential nominee has similar power. He or she has been the center of a massive campaign that has involved raising and spending […]
Systemic election reforms: What’s going
Final Five voting. Ranked choice voting. Nonpartisan redistricting. Systemic election reforms are afoot across America. What are these reforms and why are they happening? Here’s my take… (Read more)
The horrific nightmare scenario where Co...
One thing I worry about is a contingent presidential election. That situation arises when no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes (270 of 538). Should this situation arise, Congress gets to pick the next president and vice president. Yes, you read correctly, the 535 folks whom 80 percent of Americans dislike make these momentous decisions. Yes, […]