How people vote isn’t always reflected in how elections are decided.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It may be new to Americans, but ranked-choice voting has a long history, and it is spreading rapidly across the U.S.