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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-infrastructure-has-historically-promoted-inequality by Candice Norwood 23/4/21 PBS NEW] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-infrastructure-has-historically-promoted-inequality by Candice Norwood 23/4/21 PBS NEW] | ||
It’s no secret that U.S. infrastructure is struggling. This year’s report from the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country a C-, citing public roadways in “poor or mediocre” condition, “structurally deficient” bridges and aging power grids. | It’s no secret that U.S. infrastructure is struggling. This year’s report from the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country a C-, citing public roadways in “poor or mediocre” condition, “structurally deficient” bridges and aging power grids. | ||
=====As U.N. Report Sounds Alarm on Environmental Racism in Cancer Alley, Community Faces Further Pollution with Proposed Grain Elevator | =====As U.N. Report Sounds Alarm on Environmental Racism in Cancer Alley, Community Faces Further Pollution with Proposed Grain Elevator===== | ||
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[https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/un-report-sounds-alarm-environmental-racism-cancer-alley-community-faces-further by ACLU of Louisiana 3/3/21 ACLU] | [https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/un-report-sounds-alarm-environmental-racism-cancer-alley-community-faces-further by ACLU of Louisiana 3/3/21 ACLU] | ||
NEW ORLEANS – With international human rights experts sounding the alarm over environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, the ACLU of Louisiana is joining other grassroots organizations in opposing proposed construction of a new grain terminal in St. John the Baptist Parish. The proposed Greenfield Louisiana project, which would involve clearing land and building a grain elevator, poses life threatening health and safety consequences to residents of an area so polluted by oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and waste dumps that it is now known as “Cancer Alley.” | NEW ORLEANS – With international human rights experts sounding the alarm over environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, the ACLU of Louisiana is joining other grassroots organizations in opposing proposed construction of a new grain terminal in St. John the Baptist Parish. The proposed Greenfield Louisiana project, which would involve clearing land and building a grain elevator, poses life threatening health and safety consequences to residents of an area so polluted by oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and waste dumps that it is now known as “Cancer Alley.” | ||
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[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379417304079 by Philipp Harfst 6/18 ScienceDirect] | [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379417304079 by Philipp Harfst 6/18 ScienceDirect] | ||
While electoral research has become one of political science’s most fertile areas, to date no empirical contribution has addressed the three mechanisms of the electoral chain – strategic entry, strategic voting, and the electoral system’s mechanical effect – in a unified analytical framework. This paper addresses this shortcoming by analysing the effect of electoral systems on party system size, accounting for all three mechanisms. Our study yields three major findings drawing on constituency-level data covering 462 electoral districts in Finland and Portugal between 1962 and 2011. | While electoral research has become one of political science’s most fertile areas, to date no empirical contribution has addressed the three mechanisms of the electoral chain – strategic entry, strategic voting, and the electoral system’s mechanical effect – in a unified analytical framework. This paper addresses this shortcoming by analysing the effect of electoral systems on party system size, accounting for all three mechanisms. Our study yields three major findings drawing on constituency-level data covering 462 electoral districts in Finland and Portugal between 1962 and 2011. | ||
=====The political consequences of the electoral system in | =====The political consequences of the electoral system in Ireland===== | ||
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[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379486900144 by Michael Gallagher 12/86 ScienceDirect] | [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379486900144 by Michael Gallagher 12/86 ScienceDirect] | ||
The single transferable vote electoral system, popular with many electoral reformers, has been used for parliamentary elections in the Republic of Ireland since 1922. Examination of its impact shows that it has delivered as high a degree of proportionality as most PR systems despite the unavoidable use of relatively small district magnitudes. It has not produced either a fragmented party system or unstable governments. Critics have blamed it for contributing to a weak parliament, but these criticisms remain unproven. Suggestions are made for the wider use of STV, especially in countries currently employing preferential list systems. | The single transferable vote electoral system, popular with many electoral reformers, has been used for parliamentary elections in the Republic of Ireland since 1922. Examination of its impact shows that it has delivered as high a degree of proportionality as most PR systems despite the unavoidable use of relatively small district magnitudes. It has not produced either a fragmented party system or unstable governments. Critics have blamed it for contributing to a weak parliament, but these criticisms remain unproven. Suggestions are made for the wider use of STV, especially in countries currently employing preferential list systems. | ||
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[https://www.propublica.org/article/improve-voter-turnout-solutions-accessibility by Aliyya Swaby 12/9/22 PROPUBLICA] | [https://www.propublica.org/article/improve-voter-turnout-solutions-accessibility by Aliyya Swaby 12/9/22 PROPUBLICA] | ||
Faye Combs used to enter the voting booth with trepidation. Unable to read until she was in her 40s, she would struggle to decipher the words on the ballot, intimidated by how quickly the people around her finished and departed. | Faye Combs used to enter the voting booth with trepidation. Unable to read until she was in her 40s, she would struggle to decipher the words on the ballot, intimidated by how quickly the people around her finished and departed. | ||
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[https://motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/norden_report.pdf by Lawrence Norden BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE] | [https://motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/norden_report.pdf by Lawrence Norden BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE] | ||
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law | The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work ranges from voting rights to campaign finance reform, from racial justice in criminal law to presidential power in the fight against terrorism. | ||
institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work ranges from voting rights to | A singular institution – part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group – the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communication to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector. | ||
campaign finance reform, from racial justice in criminal law to presidential power in the fight against terrorism. | |||
A singular institution – part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group – the Brennan Center | |||
combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communication to win meaningful, measurable change | |||
in the public sector. | |||
=====Could the Electoral College system ever change?===== | =====Could the Electoral College system ever change?===== | ||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/electoral-college-system-ever-change by PBS News Hour 13/11/16 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/electoral-college-system-ever-change by PBS News Hour 13/11/16 PBS NEWS] | ||
President-Elect Donald Trump captured the White House by winning the Electoral College, even as Hillary Clinton won about half a million votes more than Trump. In response, some are calling for a national popular vote to decide the election. Josh Tucker, a politics professor at New York University, joins Alison Stewart to discuss. | President-Elect Donald Trump captured the White House by winning the Electoral College, even as Hillary Clinton won about half a million votes more than Trump. In response, some are calling for a national popular vote to decide the election. Josh Tucker, a politics professor at New York University, joins Alison Stewart to discuss. | ||
=====In Georgia, primary election chaos highlights a voting system deeply flawed | =====In Georgia, primary election chaos highlights a voting system deeply flawed===== | ||
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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-georgia-primary-election-chaos-highlights-a-voting-system-deeply-flawed by Miles O'Brien 22/6/20 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-georgia-primary-election-chaos-highlights-a-voting-system-deeply-flawed by Miles O'Brien 22/6/20 PBS NEWS] | ||
Georgia experienced major problems with its voting processes during a primary election earlier in June. People waited in line up to eight hours to cast ballots, and poll workers struggled with new machines on which they hadn’t been trained due to the pandemic. What do Georgia’s election issues mean for other state primaries -- and for American democracy more broadly? | Georgia experienced major problems with its voting processes during a primary election earlier in June. People waited in line up to eight hours to cast ballots, and poll workers struggled with new machines on which they hadn’t been trained due to the pandemic. What do Georgia’s election issues mean for other state primaries -- and for American democracy more broadly? | ||
