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David Daley is the author of the new book "Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections" and the national bestseller "Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count." He is the former editor-in-chief of Salon.

John Roberts | Supreme Court (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The Roberts Court is destroying voting rights — winning back state legislatures is the only answer

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Arizona Republicans make sneaky moves to rig redistricting commission before any lines are drawn

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Mo Brooks, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley | screaming MAGA horde at the Capitol riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How to stop an Insurrection Caucus: These reforms could reduce GOP extremism and save our democracy

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Donald Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

What if Trump won’t go? Legal scholar Lawrence Douglas on the “world of hurt” that could follow

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Virginia Legislative District Map (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Which party wants to gerrymander Virginia? It might not be the one you think

Katie Fahey, David Daley
Stickers that read "I Voted By Mail" sit on a table waiting to be stuffed into envelopes by absentee ballot election workers at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections office in Charlotte, NC on September 4, 2020 (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images))

Early voting is tremendously powerful. Here’s one way we can protect its integrity

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Voting booths in polling place (Getty Images/Hill Street Studios)

Crowded primaries are here to stay. Changing how we vote could protect majority rule

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Imagine Kanye’s presidential bid not spoiling anything — “Hamilton” parties or the election

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Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin P. Parrish puts on a white gown to help distribute food, water, and other supplies to Navajo families on May 27, 2020 in Huerfano on the Navajo Nation Reservation, New Mexico. Encompassing parts of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, the Navajo Nation now has the highest number of positive COVID-19 cases per capita in the United States, as the spread of the coronavirus continues to disproportionately effect minority communities across the country. (Sharon Chischilly/Getty Images)

Crisis in the Navajo Nation: Voter suppression, racism and a deadly pandemic

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A worker cleans a voting machine after it was used at McKinley Technology High School on primary election day on June 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Tuesday, nine states and the District of Columbia are holding primaries, most of which were previously delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Want candidates who will reach beyond their base? Change how we vote

David Daley, Rob Richie
Former presidential candidate Ross Perot addresses the first California statewide convention of the Reform Party | Rep. Justin Amash, I-Mich. (AP Photo/Salon)

Justin Amash, Ross Perot and the third-party future: Ranked choice voting is the answer

David Daley, Rob Richie
Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, who championed the sweeping voting rights ballot measure. (Erika Goldring via Getty Images)

How Desmond Meade built a movement that restored voting rights in Florida — almost

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Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Justin Amash (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

The Justin Amash conundrum has an easy fix: Ranked choice voting — and democracy

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Jill Mickelson helps a drive up voter outside the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building Monday March 30, 2020, in Milwaukee. The city is now allowing drive up early voting for the state's April 7 election. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Wisconsin’s primary is in chaos — but Wyoming’s isn’t: A lesson in democracy

Rob Richie, David Daley
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

This is how Trump steals the election

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President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News Town Hall event on March 05, 2020 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Among other topics, President Trump discussed his administration's response to the Coronavirus and the economy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

We need to emergency-proof our elections before November. In a democracy, the vote must go on

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Democratic donkey and Republican elephant butting heads (Getty Images/teddyandmia)

Can multi-party democracy break us out of the “doom loop” of American politics?

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Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar (AP Photo/Salon)

Our primaries have a zombie problem: Early voters for drop-out candidates shouldn’t lose their voice

David Daley, Rob Richie
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt., speaks at a campaign event in Tacoma, Wash., Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Democrats could face a disaster at a brokered convention. Here’s how the DNC can avoid it

David Daley, Rob Richie
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren (Getty Images/Salon)

The Warren vs. Sanders feud was practically inevitable in our broken electoral system

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Pete Buttigieg, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Amy Klobuchar (Getty Images/Salon)

The Democratic debate stage is now all white. It doesn’t have to be this way

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The decade Republicans hijacked our democracy, via the gerrymander

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Virginia voters head to the polls at Nottingham Elementary School November 5, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/Salon)

Tuesday’s big election winner? Election reform — if politicians listen to voters

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Tulsi Gabbard and Hilary Clinton (Erik Kabik Photography/MediaPunch/AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Tulsi Gabbard “spoiler” concerns are misplaced. There’s a better way to protect our elections

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