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Expand Democracy
@expanddemocracy.bsky.social
Non-profit launched by @robrichie.bsky.social and Eveline Dowling that measures success by catalyzing conversations and actions that advance pro-democracy ideas and strategies.
🚨 Two fresh releases from @ExpandDemocracy this week:

🗳️ Democracy 3 newsletter on universities responding to federal overreach
🔗 expanddem.substack.com/p/universiti...

🎙️ Democracy Lab pod on overlooked voting rights tools + the National Popular Vote compact
🔗 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Universities respond to federal overreach, the NFL pioneers civics, and timely links
Welcome to the latest edition of The Expand Democracy 3, written this week by Eveline and Nivea, with the support of Rob.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
A key enforcement mechanism in the US Constitution has gone unused for 150 years.

Todd Drezner explores Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment—and why it matters now in his new documentary.

🔗 expanddem.substack.com/p/a-constitu...
A Constitutional Provision We Ignored for 150 Years
Guest Post: Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment and the cost of unenforced rights
expanddem.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
🛑Stop doom scrolling and read up on real reforms happening right now in the latest issue of the Expand Democracy 3:

1. Avoiding Top-2 primary lockouts
2. Protecting & expanding voting rights for all
3. Timely democracy reads

👉 expanddem.substack.com/p/the-expand...
The Expand Democracy 3: Avoiding Top 2 Primary Lockouts, Promoting Our Vote, Timely Links
Welcome to the latest edition of The Expand Democracy 3, written this week by Rob Richie with the support of Eveline Dowling and Nivea Krishnan.
expanddem.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
In what feels like an endless period of legislative gridlock, citizen-led policymaking matters more than ever.

Check out our conversation with Maresa Strano from
@NewAmerica
on The Democracy Lab:
tinyurl.com/demlabapple
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#PeoplePower
The Democracy Lab
Politics Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · The Democracy Lab is a new podcast from Expand Democracy exploring the ideas, reforms, and civic energy shaping the future of American democracy. Every two week...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:34 PM
🎙️New episode of The Democracy Lab!

Freedom is one of America’s most powerful, and most misunderstood, words. A convo with historian Jefferson Cowie on how freedom has shaped, and sometimes undermined, democracy.

🎧http://tinyurl.com/demlabapple
🎧http://tinyurl.com/demlabspotify
January 23, 2026 at 12:33 AM
“There is nothing stopping states from redrawing congressional maps every election cycle and that’s exactly why the current redistricting regime is broken.”

Our latest "3" unpacks the gerrymandering arms race and why only national standards can stop it.

🔗 expanddem.substack.com/p/ending-the...
Ending the gerrymandering arms race, Washington bill to stop political violence, and timely links
Welcome to the latest edition of The Expand Democracy 3, written this week by Eveline, with the support of Nivea and Rob.
expanddem.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
As 2025 wraps up, we’re reflecting and looking forward.

Our final Expand Democracy 3 highlights the ideas giving us hope and where pro-democracy work goes next 🌱

Thank you to all who read, shared, and helped build this community.

Check out here 👉 expanddem.substack.com/p/looking-ba...
Looking Back and Looking Forward
The Expand Democracy 3
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December 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🎙️New episode of The Democracy Lab!

Listen to experts Meredith Sumpter (FairVote) and Rob Richie (Expand Democracy) break down the pro-dem movement: where it's been, where it's going, and the key role all of us play in it.

🎧http://tinyurl.com/demlabapple
🎧http://tinyurl.com/demlabspotify
December 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hypocrisy may be inevitable in politics but abandoning standards isn’t.

In this guest essay, Schuyler “Sky” Miller examines how double standards erode democratic trust—and what integrity and accountability can still look like in polarized times.

🔗 expanddem.substack.com/p/the-hypocr...
The Hypocritical Oath and the Pursuit of a Higher Standard
Guest Post: Restoring Integrity and Accountability in an Age of Polarization
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December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New Expand Democracy 3 out!!

🧵 Deep dive on filibuster reform
📍 Civics as if we expected active citizens
🔗 Plus current democracy news & links

Read & explore 👇
expanddem.substack.com/p/reforming-...
Reforming the filibuster, hands-on civics, and timely links - The Expand Democracy 3
Welcome to the latest edition of The Expand Democracy 3, written this week by Rob, with the support of Eveline and Nivea.
expanddem.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎙️New episode of The Democracy Lab is OUT! 🎉

🎧Tune in to hear from us and guest Tom Moore on:
💰Getting dark money out of politics
🤖AI election assistants, and
🇺🇸DC statehood

Listen ➡️ tinyurl.com/demlabapple
tinyurl.com/demlabspotify
The Democracy Lab
Politics Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · The Democracy Lab is a new podcast from Expand Democracy exploring the ideas, reforms, and civic energy shaping the future of American democracy. Every two week...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🎙️New episode of The Democracy Lab!

Tune in to hear from us and guest Lisa Rice on:
🗳️ Conflicts in election governance
🏈 The NFL's civic leadership, and
🍒 How Washingtonians got ranked choice voting to the capital

Listen ➡️ tinyurl.com/demlabapple
tinyurl.com/demlabspotify
The Democracy Lab
Politics Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · The Democracy Lab is a new podcast from Expand Democracy exploring the ideas, reforms, and civic energy shaping the future of American democracy. Every two week...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🔔 New newsletter alert!

How do we eliminate biased election governance? And what can the NFL teach us about enhancing public trust? 🏈 Read the latest issue of the Expand Democracy 3 now!

Check it out here: expanddem.substack.com/p/the-expand...
The Expand Democracy 3: Strengthening impartial election governance, civic action in the NFL, and timely links
Welcome to the latest edition of The Expand Democracy 3, written this week by Eveline and Nivea.
expanddem.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
🎉We're excited to officially launch our podcast, The Democracy Lab!🎉

Every two weeks, our team will explore the ideas and reforms that can reinvigorate democracy, alongside experts in the field.

Check out our first ep⬇️
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Building a Better Democracy Across Generations
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November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Democracy is not self-executing.

If you can vote today, please do.
If your state votes another day, help someone else.
Participation is power, and sustaining it takes us all.

Democracy grows when everyone gets a say 🗳️
#ElectionDay #Civicparticipation
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🗳️ New this week from the Expand Democracy 3:

• How fusion voting + RCV can strengthen multiparty democracy
• Why states across the spectrum still use RCV for military & overseas voters

Next week: 🎙️ launching our podcast The Democracy Lab!

🔗: expanddem.substack.com/p/fusion-vot...
Fusion voting, RCV for overseas/military voters, and timely links: The Expand Democracy 3
Happy Halloween - and happy Election Day on November 4th for many Americans.
expanddem.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
🚨The Expand Democracy 3 Newsletter is out! 🚨

This week's issue covers:
📱 The prospect of mobile voting,
🗳️ Arizona's creative election fellows program, and
⏰ Timely links!

Read 👉 expanddem.substack.com/p/mobile-vot...
Mobile voting as the new frontier, AZ election administration fellows, and timely links
The Expand Democracy 3
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October 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🚨 The Expand Democracy 3 Newsletter is out! 🚨

This week's issue covers:
📚 The role of liberal arts education in a democracy
💸 Seattle's successful democracy vouchers program
⏰ Timely links!

Read 👉 expanddem.substack.com/p/critical-t...
Critical thinking and civic education, Seattle’s democracy voucher program, and this week’s timely links
The Expand Democracy Three
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October 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🚨Expand Democracy 3 Newsletter is out! 🚨

Check out our:

🏛️ Take on the U.S. government shutdown

📰 Analysis of a Pew Research Center study on the prospect of political change

⏰Timely reads on election reform and executive power

Read 👉 expanddem.substack.com/p/government...
Government shutdowns reveal gaps in US democracy, international desire for political change, and this week’s timely links
The Expand Democracy 3 Weekly Newsletter
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October 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🚨 Expand Democracy 3 Weekly Newsletter is Out! 🚨

Check out our:
🔍 Deep dive on ranked choice voting
💡 Think piece on the impact of AI on democracy
⏰ Timely links on all things democracy reform

Read here 👉 expanddem.substack.com/p/the-feasib...
The Feasibility of Ranked Choice, AI’s Implications for Democracy, and this week’s timely links
The Expand Democracy 3 Weekly Newsletter
expanddem.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨 Expand Democracy 3 Alert: Newsletter is out! 🚨

Check out our:
📜 Deep dive on a 2037 Constitutional Convention
🏆 Endorsement of comebacks over sore losers
⏰ Timely links on all things democracy reform!

Read 👉 expanddem.substack.com/p/imagining-...
Imagining a 2037 constitutional convention, opening ballots to primary losers, and this week's timely links
The Expand Democracy 3 Weekly Newsletter
expanddem.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🚨 Now presenting… the Expand Democracy 3! 3️⃣

Our weekly newsletter is sharper + more focused:
📰 Pro-democracy toplines
🔎 Deep dives on urgent issues
💡 Democracy empowering innovations

This week: confronting political violence + democracy-affirming tech

🔗: expanddem.substack.com/p/introducin...
Introducing the Expand Democracy 3: The urgency of confronting political violence and spotlighting the value of democracy-affirming technologies
September 11, 2025
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September 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
✨Best of the Expand Democracy 5: Deep Dives✨

Our top essays from the past year:
🗽 RCV & its critics in NYC
🚀 Musk’s “America Party”
🏛️ Restoring balance to SCOTUS
🗳️ The “Primary Problem”
🌍 Balancing global governance

New content starts next week!
Read it here: expanddem.substack.com/p/best-of-th...
Best of the Expand Democracy 5: Our Favorite Deep Dives – Week 5
September 4th, 2025
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September 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
📚✏️ Back-to-school, back to democracy! This week’s Expand Democracy 5 is all about young people reshaping politics:

🗳️ 17-year-olds voting
🎓 Campus reforms & RCV
🔢 RCV on college campuses
🌍 Gen Z’s gender divide
🇯🇵 Youth & Japan’s right

Read here: expanddem.substack.com/p/best-of-th...
Best of the Expand Democracy 5: Young People – Week 3
August 21st, 2025
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August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
‼️Just in! Best of the Expand Democracy 5 – Week 2: Electoral Reform

How can changing election rules make democracy fair & inclusive?

🗳️ Open Primaries
📣 Freedom to Associate
🏛️ Rethinking House Size
🔓 Restoring Voting Rights
💰 Money in NYC’s Mayoral Race

🔗: expanddem.substack.com/p/best-of-th...
Best of the Expand Democracy 5: Electoral Reform – Week 2
August 14th, 2025
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August 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM