A mathematical deep dive into voting systems reveals why no democratic method can satisfy all basic rules of fairness at once, a discovery formalized in a Nobel Prize–winning theorem that still shapes ...

A campaign for a 2026 ballot measure to overhaul Michigan elections by allowing voters to rank their preferred candidate in order of preference has halted its signature collection efforts. "Rank MI ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The nation’s capital is on the cusp of a significant leadership shift, with changes coming at nearly every level of city government. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s announcement this ...

Six voting systems Louisiana displayed for public testing this summer have been certified to advance to the state’s bidding process, Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced Thursday. Just one of ...

Richard Wiens is the Deputy Ideas Editor for Civil Beat. You can reach him by email at rwiens@civilbeat.org. Most states have them, and some lawmakers argue it would improve transparency and jolt some ...

(THE CONVERSATION) American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” ...