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Strengthening Democracy: A Progress Report on Federal Agency Action to Promote Access to Voting

After evaluating the progress of 10 federal agencies in responding to President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting, we find that most federal agencies have room for improvement. 
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A Toolkit for North Carolina: Combatting Wrongful Voter Purges

A resource for North Carolinian advocates and local leaders to understand, spot, and report unlawful voter purges.
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Demos
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
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Myth Busters: The Facts About Supreme Court Expansion

Why expanding and reforming the Supreme Court can restore legitimacy for this broken, inequitable institution.
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Laura Williamson

Democracy's New Challenge: Globalization, Governance, and the Future of American Federalism

In this groundbreaking report, Columbia University professor Mark Gordon grapples with one of the most important questions facing American democracy: What exactly is globalization and how is it affecting the ability of Americans to govern themselves through traditional civic processes? By focusing
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Democracy and the New Federalism

On June 22 and 23, 2000, Demos convened a national workshop in New York City on “Democracy and the New Federalism”. The workshop was comprised of a diverse group of elected officials, community organizers, researchers, and policy analysts. In this report, we summarize and reflect on the insights
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