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How people vote isn’t always reflected in how elections are decided. bamlou/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

February 28, 2024

GOP primary elections use flawed math to pick nominees

Ismar Volić, Wellesley College

There are many ways bad mathematics interferes with our democracy. Assigning delegates is just one example.

Volunteers at the 14th District Democratic headquarters for the midterm election in Detroit, Mich., on Nov 8, 2022. The 14th District map must now be redrawn. Jeff Kowalksy/AFP via Getty Images

February 2, 2024

An independent commission is racing to redraw Detroit’s voting maps under a federal court order − but the change may not elect more Black candidates

Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Wayne State University and Lyke Thompson, Wayne State University

The commission has tight deadlines to finalize new maps. 2 voting rights experts explain the messy situation.

Sen. Raphael Warnock, the incumbent Democrat, is up against Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election to choose who will represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. AP Photo

December 6, 2022

Georgia runoff elections are exciting, but costly for voters and democracy

John A. Tures, LaGrange College

Georgians appreciate the national attention from the runoff election, but the cost and tendency for a drop in turnout may lead to reform of the state’s ballot contests.

Absentee ballots for the New York City mayoral primary, which used ranked-choice voting, are counted. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

August 9, 2021

What is ranked choice voting? A political scientist explains

Joshua Holzer, Westminster College

It may be new to Americans, but ranked-choice voting has a long history, and it is spreading rapidly across the U.S.

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