It’s an ironic twist in a year when Americans rallied to democracy’s defense.

A gaggle of bigoted municipal lawmakers have become unlikely—but effective—poster children for electoral reform.

In New York’s redrawn 12th district, longtime allies Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler have become fierce enemies trying to remain in power—and fight off a young upstart looking to defeat them both.

Built-in dysfunction is the only reason the vast majority of Americans cannot exert their will to limit the everyday carnage of mass shootings.

There are better things for the former New York City mayor to do.

Democrats in New York gerrymandered too close to the sun, and now they’re paying the price.

Conservatives are suddenly hopping mad that their opponents decided to play the game by the GOP’s rules.

Bipartisan redistricting commissions have failed to deliver the fair maps their proponents promised.

Ohio’s new district maps were supposed to be more democratic. Instead, they point to the possibility that democracy is broken.

If we lose the fight to protect voting rights, we'll lose everything else, too.

The pandemic’s ravages caused havoc with our decennial head count. Our elections will be the first to pay the price.

Thanks to gerrymandering, Congress’ lower chamber is a distorted representation of the American people. Here’s a remedy.

The census is best known for determining how we the people are represented. But it also quietly defends our democracy from deeper problems.