Are you looking for alternatives to
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divisive politics?
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political gridlock?
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money influencing elections and elected representatives?
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having to choose either a rock or a hard place?
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campaign attack ads?
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spoiler candidates changing election outcomes?
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winning candidates receiving less than half the votes cast?
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minority interests choosing an entire city council or school board?
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51% dismissing or ignoring the needs and desires of the other 49%?
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district boundaries drawn to benefit certain candidates?
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following the path offered by politicians, parties, PACs, or other big spenders?
...all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to
suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
U.S. Declaration of Independence
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they
don’t have any.
Alice Walker
The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.
Albert Einstein
There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth.
Robert Evans
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to
everything else in the Universe.
John Muir
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
You are welcome to browse but we recommend starting with methods,
then comprehensive reforms, then ranked choice voting.
If you start in the middle, look for links to related topics to help you catch up.
It’s been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over
while hoping for a different result. We’re working for fundamental campaign and election
reforms, including
An election system that allows voting for the most
preferred candidate without fear of increasing the chances
of a less desirable candidate.
Read
Ranked Choice Voting
Mark Twain quipped, It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no
distinctly native criminal class except Congress. After working with maximum security
prisoners as an Alternatives to Violence Project facilitator, I started wondering if politicians
could also learn these fundamental communication and collaboration skills. This website
focuses concepts from Winning Decisions and
Fair Elections on government, candidates, journalists, and voters.
It Takes a Village
The good news is we’re exploring solutions that work as a grassroots
effort, within existing laws, and at very little cost. The bad news is
it may require a grassroots effort which depends on the active
participation of many people.
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