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"American politicians, including Georgia’s leaders, need to call a permanent truce in the gerrymandering wars... Other countries use proportional representation because it makes democracy stronger. We should join them." www.ajc.com/opinion/2026...

Georgia Republicans reined in the gerrymandering war. Now change the system.The current congressional map for Georgia gives nine of 14 House seats to Republicans and five to Democrats, but Georgia is divided politically 50-50. The system must change.www.ajc.com

This conversation with @sbagen.bsky.social is well worth your time: substack.com/home/post/p-...

"Today, as states across the South enter another consequential period of redistricting, he is lending his name to an effort aimed at changing not just where congressional boundaries are drawn, but how Americans elect members of Congress in the first place." www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

UGA historian says proportional representation could reshape redistricting, Black political influence in GeorgiaRenowned historian James C. Cobb told CBS News Atlanta why he joined 500+ scholars urging Congress to rethink winner-take-all elections after SCOTUS's Callais ruling.www.cbsnews.com

This is a cool dashboard.

More than 500 scholars agree: "We write to urge Congress to do what most democracies have already done: adopt proportional representation." proud to be among them. medium.com/@scholars-re...

Letter to Congress: End the Redistricting Wars by Adopting Proportional RepresentationGerrymandering persists because single-member districts allow it.medium.com

I see we've reached the stage of gladiator fights to entertain the aging and disturbed emperor.

I regret to inform you all that "open the primaries to independents" is an inadequate solution to restoring sanity to Washington. leedrutman.substack.com/p/open-the-p...

“Open the primaries” is the wrong answer to the right questionWhy isn't November the election that matters? Single-member districts are the problem. Primary reform doesn't fix that.leedrutman.substack.com

Mark is correct. There are no "fair maps" under single-member districts. leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-you-ca...

Why you can’t just ban gerrymanderingFair maps require a definition of fair. There isn't one. There are infinite ones.leedrutman.substack.com

"Fragmentation, in short, is not the threat to American governance. Its absence is." electionlawblog.org?p=156552

Michael Latner: A Response to Rick Pildes on Proportional Representation and Fragmentation #ELBThe following is a guest post from Michael Latner: Richard Pildes’ thoughtful essay on yesterday’s Election Law Blog distinguishes two lines of debate over the virtues of proportional representation t...electionlawblog.org

I look forward to a future America when we have proportional representation and wonder what was so special about single-member districts that we kept them around even as they failed at their only purpose: enabling voters to choice their representatives. leedrutman.substack.com/p/a-brief-23...

A brief, 237-year history of gerrymandering in AmericaDistricting has never been “fair.” Maybe the problem is the districting.leedrutman.substack.com

campaign finance reform has to accompany electoral system reform. And the reform has to encourage healthy parties, not keep gutting them. leedrutman.substack.com/p/campaign-f...

Campaign finance reform for a multiparty AmericaSome thoughts on managing the money when we upgrade our electoral system.leedrutman.substack.com

Perhaps a candidate running as underdog this Nov. should say something like: Hey, I'm running as a D/R because we have a two-party system, but if you vote for me, I'll work every day to break this two-party system that you all dislike so much. Who knows: maybe it will break through?

"A system employing proportional representation could halt gerrymandering — and the damage it does to representative democracy — in its tracks" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | How to escape the gerrymandering trapGerrymandering is breaking American democracy. Here's how other countries solved it.www.washingtonpost.com

Or we could count on the courts to police gerrymandering. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

Judge Allows Florida House Map That Could Add 4 Republican Seatswww.nytimes.com

Everybody thinks you can just ban gerrymandering. But finding a standard is not so easy, when there are dozens of dimensions of fairness, infinite trade-offs, partisan lawyers ready to pounce on any deviation, and control of Congress perpetually at stake. 1/

Okay Aaron, what's your solution then? The whole argument of this piece is that there is a solution: proportional representation. But fine, if you want to defend a broken status quo of single-member districts, please make that argument.

Ban gerrymandering. It sounds so obvious. So simple. Of course we should do it. Except, there’s just one problem. What is a gerrymander, anyway? You may think you know it when you see it. But are you so sure? How would you measure it? leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-you-ca...

Why you can’t just ban gerrymanderingFair maps require a definition of fair. There isn't one. There are infinite ones.leedrutman.substack.com

I hope somebody is coming up for ideas to "update" all of these silly narcissisms starting in February 2029.

"We should not continue to accept a system that dilutes our power, rewards extremism, and leaves the majority of Latinos and Americans feeling like our vote doesn’t matter." democracyjournal.org/arguments/th...

The Real Districting CulpritIt isn’t gerrymandering. It’s the existence of single-member districts in the first place. It was never designed to help minority voters.democracyjournal.org

Excellent analysis from @perrybaconjr.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2106...

The Voting Rights Act Is Dead. Here’s a New Model for Black Politics.After Callais, the old civil rights politics is moot. And more recent strategies have limited reach. Here’s how we can build something more transformative.newrepublic.com