Topics

  • Super PACS

    There is a huge gap in the rules that govern money in politics. Super PACS give the loudest voices to billionaires. Learn more about possible reforms and the Maine Ballot Initiative that could change everything.

  • Big Tech Money

    The wealthiest Americans and corporations possess immense power to shape our elections. Recently, more and more political spending has been fueled by tech wealth.

  • 7 Facts About Voting — and Myths Being Spread About Them

    Our elections are secure and trustworthy, but rumors and lies on social media abound.

  • Freedom to Vote Act

    The bill provides reforms needed to protect voting rights and strengthen our democratic system.

    Here's what it contains.

  • Voter Suppression

    Instead of pushing our democracy forward, politicians in too many states are now engaging in voter suppression in order to gain an unfair advantage in elections. Learn about what you can do.

  • How Voter ID Laws Threaten Transgender Voters

    American democracy is better when all citizens, regardless of gender identity or expression, are able to participate.

  • How Voter Suppression Laws Target Native Americans

    Since the federal government formally gave Native Americans the right to vote in 1924 they have had to fight to use it.

  • Electoral College Reform

    Swing state voters will have more say over the next election than the 80% of Americans in other states. Does that sound like democracy? Learn about electoral college reform and ways to give everyone an equal vote.

  • The Electoral College's Racist Origins

    More than two centuries after it was designed to empower southern white voters, the system continues to do just that.

  • Roe v. Wade and Supreme Court Abortion Cases

    Reproductive rights in the United States, explained.

  • Gerrymandering

    Gerrymandering helps politicians rig maps so they can be reelected. Here are six things to know about gerrymandering and how it impacts our democracy.

  • For the People Act

    The For The People Act would dramatically strengthen our democracy by making it easier to vote, ending gerrymandering, fixing our campaign finance system, and more.

  • How Electoral Votes Are Counted for the Presidential Election

    The Electoral Count Reform Act addresses vulnerabilities exposed by the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.