Our Government is Broken. What Can We Do to Fix It?
"A republic, IF you can keep it" -Ben Franklin
We Can Break Partisan Gridlock by Achieving Three Goals
40% of Americans still don’t believe the results of the last Presidential election. For democracy to work we need people to vote and to believe in the election outcome.
Through gerrymandering and other partisan practices, only 10% of Congressional elections are competitive. That’s no way to make politicians compete for votes.
Legislative practices, outdated election laws and the growing importance of big money, make our government too much of an inside game.
Reform Elections Now (REN) is a non-partisan group of law and business school graduates looking for ways to eliminate the government paralysis which is threatening the health of our democracy and making the United States uncompetitive.
REN Event Announcement
REN Hosted Guest Speaker Event
Mathematics & Democracy: Quantitative Tools for Civic Renewal
Wednesday, May 6th at 5:30PM (EST)
Guest Speaker: Professor Ismar Volic of Wellesley College, Department of Mathematics
Professor Volic will argue that, from a mathematical viewpoint, many of the mechanisms that underlie our democracy are outdated, unrepresentative, or simply discriminatory. Winner-take-all races cause spoilers and vote-splitting, discourage political diversity, support the two parties’ duopoly’s iron grip, and encourage negative campaigning. Crowded primary elections elevate fringe candidates who compete in districts that have been gerrymandered into uncompetitive insignificance. These processes are quantitative and algorithmic, which means that mathematics can be a clear-eyed guide in telling us how to update or replace them. Join us for an enlightened discussion on how to mend our civic infrastructure, encourage political participation, elevate a diversity of opinions, and make the system work for more of us.
Our Hosted Breakthrough Events
Featured Event Vignettes
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at Stanford University
Peter Siris, Research Director at Reform Elections Now
On unlike my prediction in 2020, this prediction should never come to pass
Richard Pildes, Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU
On 3 ways how to avoid a constitutional crisis in 2024
Edward B. Foley, Professor of Election &Constitutional Law at School of Law, The Ohio State University
On why the outdated Electoral Count Act needs to be urgently updated (which it ultimately was on Dec ’22 with guidance from Foley’s group and REN)