Author: New Democracy Institute
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What might an Elections Commission for Alameda County look like?
San Francisco has had a successful Elections Commission since 2002. Santa Clara County also has an elections oversight task force. It’s long past time for a county of the size...
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Who’s Right, Who’s Wrong: the unfair underrepresentation of Latinos in LA
By Steven Hill, DemocracySOS Any real solutions to fair multi-racial representation needs to acknowledge some challenging realities [Editor’s note: this is the second of two articles in which DemocracySOS looks...
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Portland shows the way – representation in “Multi-everything” Cities
By Steven Hill, DemocracySOS What kinds of political structures will create a sense of shared community in urban zones? In increasingly consequential ways, large metropolitan areas have become political worlds...