Joe Mathews is the Connecting California columnist for Zócalo Public Square and founder-publisher of Democracy Local.

The 1995 Constitution is often celebrated as Uganda’s most ambitious attempt at building a new political order. But according ...

Smart phones and AI create the possibility of instant voter-wide consultation on all proposed government bills, giving citizens the ability, right and duty, to vote on each and every bill before ...

Mexico distances itself from the US in its regional diplomacy while making common cause with its neighbor on vital bilateral ...

Democracies that use proportional systems consistently show higher turnout, more accurate representation, more competitive ...

Redrawing districts won’t save us. Proportional representation offers the best solution for an out-of-touch government.

As states from Texas to California debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about – and often disgusted by – the scale of gerrymandering in their states. The result is that ...

Utahans looking at the multiple rainbow colored redistricting maps currently before Judge Dianna Gibson in the litigation challenging the shapes of Utah’s four U. S. congressional districts could ...

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said his party would "work with the government" to move away from the current electoral system. The Liberal Democrats have long backed electoral reform and ...