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In recent years, citizens, the media and political experts have expressed growing concern over redistricting--the process of drawing new district lines to determine which residents will be grouped together when electing representatives. This concern has focused on the steady decline in
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Steven Carbó
Allow me to thank the Chair and members of the Committee for this opportunity to testify before you today on Bill 18-345, the “Omnibus Election Reform Act of 2009.” I will focus my remarks on Sec. 301, the bill’s Same Day Registration (SDR) provisions.
Testimony and Public Comment
Steven Carbó

A long-standing flaw in the decennial census counts more than 2 million people in the wrong place and undermines the “one person, one vote” principle.

Policy Briefs
Heather C. McGhee
Peter Wagner

This Demos Explainer explores the tension between political support for deficit reduction versus job creation and economic security policies. 

Research
J. Mijin Cha

Spoiler alert: they do not. Rules work in corporations favor and against workers.

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Liz Kennedy
Sean McElwee
A corporation is a legal structure that enables individuals to contribute and pool resources, capital, and labor in order to generate a profit. Corporations are created by state law in the state in which they are incorporated. The corporate legal structure receives a number of advantages and
Research
In Citizens United v. FEC, the U.S. Supreme Court held that corporations were free to use money from the corporation’s treasury on political activity.1 Setting aside for a moment the many criticisms of the decision, Citizens United left open a number of questions about who at a corporation should
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Liz Kennedy

Reflections and Questions for the Next Phase

Policy Briefs
Lew Daly

Laura Williamson

Former Associate Director of Democracy

For decades, GDP has enjoyed supreme status as the predominant benchmark of our economic and social progress. In reality, GDP obscures or ignores essential aspects of Americans’ economic and social welfare, as well as important social and environmental dimensions of our national welfare and future

Research
Lew Daly
Stephen Posner