Democracy USA seeks to generate ongoing attention to deficiencies in our electoral process and steps being taken to improve them and, in some instances, make them worse. We regularly release media advisories about timely developments on democracy issue. If seeking a good source for discussing particular reform issues, please contact the Center for Voting and Democracy, at (301) 270-4616 to pursue a media query.

Below are links to the Democracy USA initiative's recent media advisories.

Lesson from California: Recall Plurality Voting

Looming problems in California’s recall election and the battle over Texas “re-redistricting” are only the most recent signs that American democracy demands reform. That is why this November a broad coalition of sixty leading pro-democracy organizations will join scholars, elected officials, reformers and young people in Washington, D.C. for a conference on Claim Democracy: Securing, Enhancing and Exercising the Right to Vote... More

Time to Recall the Representation Gap

Arnold Schwarzenegger may be the frontrunner in California’s recall election, but he would be following Ronald Reagan’s path from Hollywood to Sacramento. A win by Arianna Huffington, Cruz Bustamante or Peter Camejo would be truly historic because California has never elected a governor who was not a white male... More

Voter Turnout Plunges in Primaries

As evidenced by recent primary elections in New Jersey and Virginia, the well-publicized decline of voter turnout in U.S. elections over the last 40 years has been especially pronounced in party primary elections. This steady drop is especially troubling because primaries determine the overall winner in most legislative districts... More

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