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marmar

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Mon May 11, 2026, 08:56 AM Monday

Jamelle Bouie: The Gerrymandering Crisis Has a Fix. Here's What It Looks Like. [View all]




May 10, 2026

Last week, I did a video for the New York Times on why we need fundamental electoral reform. The short of it is that the two-party system isn't in the Constitution. It's a product of single-member districts and first-past-the-post elections — structural choices, not destiny. And structural choices can be changed. Here are three options for how you might change American elections, and what that world might look like.


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