Global expertise in support of U.S. election reform

We are not a fundamentally divided people,

but we need to fix our rules.

The U.S. ranks 90th out of 112 countries in confidence in the honesty of elections.

Source: Gallup Polls

U.S Elections rank last among all Western Democracies in Electoral Integrity.

Source: Electoral Integrity Project

The average U.S. Congressional approval rating from 2012 to present is 15.9%.

Source: Gallup Polls

With faithless electors fixed, we must now end winner-take-all.

What’s new at Election Reformers Network

New film amplifies electoral college proposal from ERN

Election Reformers Network is proud to host the work of independent documentary filmmaker Kevin Bowe on our website. The most recent, Solving the Chaos Conundrum of the Electoral College, highlights ERN’s Top-Two Proportional proposal, with insights from experts like Lawrence Lessig and Alex Keyssar.

The American Spring series as a whole details the history of the weak points in our democracy, and the people-powered efforts to reform our systems to better represent the people of the United States. The first three films in the series highlight campaign finance issues, ranked choice voting.

Watch here.

DOJ's dubious election crime announcement: an October surprise?

Last week, when President Trump complained about Attorney General William Barr’s failure to bring charges against his political opponents, the Justice Department lifted restrictions on election-related federal prosecutions. Let’s hope these developments do not presage a new kind of October surprise.

Justice Department policy until now has been to prevent election-related announcements, raids or arrests from affecting a campaign. According to ProPublica, federal investigators will now be allowed to investigate certain kinds of fraud before the polls close, even if those actions “risk affecting the outcome of the election.”

Read more here.