Electoral Reform in the United States: A Book Event

Amid political polarization, are there practical steps to combat extremism that are acceptable across the political spectrum? In Electoral Reform in the United States: Proposals for Combating Polarization and Extremism, the Task Force on Institutional Reforms to Combat Political Extremism offers ideas for reforming key aspects of the US electoral process. Starting from the premise that the way our political processes are designed incentivizes certain political styles and candidates, the task force addresses distortions in electoral procedures that have enabled political extremism among officeholders to be overrepresented.

Join us for a conversation with the task force’s American politics and law scholars on reform strategies for reducing polarization, enhancing democratic responsiveness, and addressing the challenges facing American democracy.

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[dfrankrobinson]

I am opposed to all forms of censorship except individual choice exercised exclusively by each individual. Therefore, I suggest the first step in election reform is the abolition of censorship imposed by duopoly partisans with candidate ballot access laws. These laws ban voters having a free choice of candidates. If that is NOT fascism, what is?

[Bapuji]

First step in electoral reform: get rid of think tanks like the American Enterprise Institute.

Next step: get rid of the unelected bureaucracy that actually runs the country.