by Shawn Hardy | Dec 20, 2023 | Defend democracy
Ga. poll worker describes harrowing threats in Giuliani defamation trial In 2023, a federal judge found Rudy Giuliani liable for the defamation of 2020 Georgia Election Workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. As a consequence, a federal jury ordered him to pay damages...
by Shawn Hardy | Dec 20, 2023 | Defend democracy
Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections In June 2022, The Supreme Court of the United State ruled 6-3 to reject the “Independent State Legislature Theory” (ISL) in Moore v. Harper. Had the ISL been affirmed, legislative...
by Shawn Hardy | Dec 20, 2023 | Defend democracy
Congress Takes Historic Action to Update the Electoral Count Act The Electoral Count Act outlines the process of casting and counting Electoral College votes for president and vice president. language of the act was previously ambiguous and antiquated. Namely, it...
by Shawn Hardy | Dec 20, 2023 | Changing incentives
In historic change, Virginia voters approve bipartisan commission to handle political redistricting Until 2021, Virginia was one the majority of U.S. states that relied on the partisan state legislature to draw their electoral districts. In November 2021, Virginians...
by Smitten-Dev | Dec 2, 2023 | Changing incentives, Featured
In 2020, Alaskans voted to adopt the nation’s first top-four nonpartisan primary and instant runoff general election system. This reform was implemented successfully in the 2022 midterm election. Since 2019, Unite & Renew has been a top backer of its passage and...
