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Video: the future of voting reform for Black voters

Video: the future of voting reform for Black voters
The Future of Voting Reform for Black Voters

FairVote recently hosted its first Twitter Space about ways to #DefendtheBlackVote. The discussion was moderated by FairVote's own Khalid Pitts. It featured guests Jessica Pierce, co-founder of Piece by Piece Strategies; Stefanie Brown James of The Collective PAC; advocate and activist Markus Batchelor; and Axios political reporter Alexi McCammond.

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A man attends an election watch party in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as Donald Trump declares victory early Wednesday.

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We voted. Now what?

Johnson is a United Methodist pastor, the author of "Holding Up Your Corner: Talking About Race in Your Community" and program director for the Bridge Alliance, which houses The Fulcrum.

Whether your candidate won or lost, the campaign's intensity and the high stakes have likely left you feeling emotionally drained. It's natural to wonder what comes next and how to process the results in a way that promotes social cohesion and personal well-being.

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To-party doom loop
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America

Let’s make sense of the election results

Drutman is a senior fellow at New America and author of "Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America."

Well, here are some of my takeaways from Election Day, and some other thoughts.

1. The two-party doom loop keeps getting doomier and loopier.

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Person voting in Denver

A proposal to institute ranked choice voting in Colorado was rejected by voters.

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Despite setbacks, ranked choice voting will continue to grow

Mantell is director of communications for FairVote.

More than 3 million people across the nation voted for better elections through ranked choice voting on Election Day, as of current returns. Ranked choice voting is poised to win majority support in all five cities where it was on the ballot, most notably with an overwhelming win in Washington, D.C. – 73 percent to 27 percent.

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