The Electoral College isn't going anywhere, but there's a way to work around it without a constitutional amendment.

Rob sits down with Chris Pearson, Executive Director of National Popular Vote, to talk about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, what it would take to get it over the finish line, and what two decades of state-level reform advocacy actually looks like from the inside.

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Young leaders are taking the democracy space by storm.

In this episode, our own Gen Z fellow Nivea Krishnan sits down with Alex Edgar (Made By Us), LaJuan Allen (Vote16USA) and Jahnavi Rao (New Voters) to discuss the world of youth civic engagement. Their conversation unpacks effective organizing strategies, identifies trends in youth participation, and underscores the way we must collaborate inter-generationally to expand democracy.

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This week on The Democracy Lab, Nivea sits down with Bill Gates, Executive Director of the Mechanics of Democracy Lab, to explore how artificial intelligence can transform election administration. they unpack how AI tools could ease the burden on election officials, improve accuracy and efficiency, and strengthen trust in the democratic process.

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In 2024, 7% of voters effectively elected 87% of Congress.

How? That's what Eveline dives into in this week's episode with Beth Hladick, Policy Director at Unite America. They discuss the biggest solvable problem of our democracy: opening the primaries to ensure that they are truly fair, free, and representative.

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Trust in institutions is eroding, and the judiciary is no exception.

In this episode, Democracy Fellow Nivea Krishnan speaks with democracy and justice reform Bert Brandenburg about the judicial branch's historical relationship with public confidence and the specific levers we can pull to rebuild judicial legitimacy.

Whether you're an impassioned community member, judge, organizer or politician, there's a part for you to play.

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In this episode, Eveline speaks with documentarian Todd Drezner and attorney Jared Pettinato about their upcoming project detailing Pettinato's fight to revitalize a long-ignored provision of the 14th Amendment and restore the governmental obligation to protect the right to vote.

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Why does the United States have such a durable two-party system, and why is it so difficult for new parties to compete? Rob Richie talks with ballot access pioneer Richard Winger and Libertarian leader Bill Redpath about the history and legal battles surrounding ballot access in American elections. They also explore reforms such as ranked choice voting, fair debate access, primary reform, and proportional representation.

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Alana Persson of RepresentWomen joins Eveline to preview the upcoming Democracy Solutions Summit, a global virtual gathering of women leaders advancing bold and practical reforms. They explore the ideas gaining traction and why women’s leadership is central to building a more representative democracy.

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In this episode, Rob sits down with Stephen Richer, former Maricopa County Recorder and current Senior Fellow at the Harvard Ash Center, to break down the voting reform bills moving through Congress, namely the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. They unpack what the bill would change about voter registration and election administration, and discuss what it could signal for the future of voting rights and reform in America.

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In this episode, Rob, Eveline, and Nivea explore two under-the-radar developments in the democracy reform movement: a new documentary examining a long-ignored provision of the U.S. Constitution that could enforce voting rights protections, and the growing momentum behind the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. They unpack how these efforts aim to reshape presidential elections, what they reveal about the evolving reform landscape, and what they signal about where the movement could head next.

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