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How to read the ongoing confirmation showdown, in our latest weekly briefing. Read and subscribe below: https://lnkd.in/eds7QKTC

How electoral reforms fared at the ballot generally — and what it means for the reform efforts, new from Fair Vote's Meredith Sumpter and Mike Parsons. https://lnkd.in/eGPc4XmA

Podcast recommendation: The Future of Our Former Democracy — explores how Northern Ireland's history and politics could offer a blueprint for how the U.S. can build a better electoral system, especially in the wake of rising polarization and political violence. New from our friends at More Equitable Democracy. Listen below: https://lnkd.in/e5sYrmmy

The ongoing confirmation showdown is the first indicator of how the guardrails will fare through the Trump Administration. We cover the 3 tests Trump is setting up: https://lnkd.in/eds7QKTC

Trump is aiming for an immediate, multi-part showdown with the people who still have the most power to check his agenda, starting with cabinet confirmations. We cover the test he’s setting up for Congress and potentially, the Supreme Court. Read and subscribe: https://lnkd.in/eds7QKTC

175 leading scholars commend the introduction of the Resolution Establishing the Select Committee on Electoral Reform. The bipartisan task force would study reforms like fusion, proportional representation, and expanding the size of the House. https://lnkd.in/geFWWrEN “In every generation, Americans develop new ideas to modernize our political institutions so that they provide a place to constructively work out our differences, not further divide us,” the scholars write. “We urge Congress to take this historic step.” https://lnkd.in/gHhdBTeB

Congress may be on the brink of giving Donald Trump a new power against civil society once in office, one that autocrats around the world have already weaponized. David A. Weinberg covers the worrisome details of bill HR 9495. https://lnkd.in/edFWV4ND

Cerin Lindgrensavage writes in TIME, you can see the failures of our electoral system in our unusually low turnout: https://lnkd.in/e7K2-bFd

David Weinberg covers the worrisome details of HR 9495, a bill creating a new weapon against civil society that Donald Trump might try to abuse against his own critics as president. https://lnkd.in/edFWV4ND