The Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA) is leading an effort alongside a coalition of partners to provide training and resources to help underrepresented communities give testimony and legislative maps to the new Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC).
Candidate representation
Backers say the changes would foster bipartisanship because candidates would be inspired to appeal to the broadest slice of the electorate, not just those in their party.
Ranked-choice voting systems let voters rank candidates in order of preference rather than selecting a single candidate to support.
124 lawmakers today identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native American, a 97% increase over the 107th Congress of 2001-02.
System would let minor parties nominate a major party's candidate.
Advocates say the system makes for more positive campaigns and encourages women and people of color to run.
“We weren’t given equal access to the ballot box.”
Weber named California's first Black Secretary of State.
The role of rural communities of color in the 2020 election
24 December 2020
The diversity and complexity of rural voters were on display in the 2020 election, particularly in states such as Georgia and Arizona.
State Supreme Court refuses to delay ranked-choice voting in NYC
17 December 2020
However, opponents say they will appeal the decision.
Barrier-breaking trends in representation are being celebrated by minority groups and women. But they are approaching a new normal.
James Ramos, a Native American who authored three new laws said, "For once, we do have someone in the legislature that understands the issues and the plight of the California Indian people."
Record-breaking number of Republican women get elected to Congress
18 November 2020
The number of GOP women elected in 2020 pales in comparison with Democrats' numbers, but their increased representation may attest to the power of focused recruitment efforts.
After a surge of early and homebound voting the past week, the day of the congressional runoff election in most central and southern villages, from Merizo to Asan-Maina, was generally quiet.
The measure contains a sweeping reform of the state’s system for picking politicians.
Cori Bush becomes Missouri's first Black congresswoman
05 November 2020
“Working class people need representatives who look like them and who have experienced their struggles. I am that champion," Cori Bush wrote on Twitter.
'Rainbow wave' of LGBTQ candidates run and win in 2020 election
05 November 2020
More LGBTQ candidates ran for office in the U.S. in 2020 than ever before — at least 1,006. That's a 41% increase over the 2018 midterms, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund.
Maine’s historic ranked vote could play big role in election
30 October 2020
The method appears on ballots in a presidential race for the first time in U.S. history this fall.