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Vote Justice Campaign

Deepening Civic Engagement and Building Political Power to Win Lasting Change

VICTORY:Public Financing for the San Francisco Mayor's Race
GX co-led the effort to pass public finance legislation for the San Francisco mayor's race, which reached victory on February 7th!!!! Learn about the campaign and how you can do the same for your city.
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Recent electoral reform news and analysis.
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Links to other organizations working to democratize U.S. elections.

ARCHIVE: 2006


The Challenge for the New Voting Rights Movement:

Shrouded in history and steeped in ideals, our government today is one that certainly looks perfect from far away. A re-examination of our political system, however, quickly reveals the truth: Our democracy is falling apart at the seams. The economic and political elite are becoming ever more powerful—at the cost of the very people that they swore to represent.

Fortunately, growing numbers of Americans are mobilizing on a broad and diverse front to protect and democratize elections in the United States. Key reforms include public financing of elections, tamper-proof voting machines, Proportional Representation (PR), Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), equal access to the ballot, non-partisan election administration and debates, free access to commercial media, the elimination of the electoral college, the re-enfranchisement of ex-felons.

To help move these efforts forward, Global Exchange has initiated the Vote Justice Campaign to build an effective grassroots movement with the capacity to reform our electoral system, increase voter participation and representation, and make voting a powerful mechanism for social change.

Together, we will reform our democracy!


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