Steven Hill

A financial tsunami of giant proportions is heading our way. It is due to arrive in about six years, and if it strikes with full force it will amount to another blow to America's representative democracy. Policymakers have known about this tsunami for some time, but in June, we found out the Big Wave is taller than anyone knew.

Maine Democrats are making a big mistake by using a “sequential runoff” process instead of “instant runoff”/RCV to nominate their Senate candidate

A jury of peer political scientists did not catch multiple errors and reject this sloppy research paper on RCV and voter turnout. Instead, this flawed paper has been cited by dozens of researchers

Why a permanent national investment fund may be the key to shared prosperity in the AI era.

In his latest departure from reality, Trump cites “forced slave labor” to justify broad new tariffs against the EU and other nations

The Democratic National Committee will vote Aug 15 on a ban of Ranked Choice Voting in its presidential primaries. Stooo-pid!

The DNC is considering restrictions on a voting system that could reduce wasted votes, eliminate “zombie votes,” and help Democrats nominate candidates with broader support.

The profound facility of ranked ballots is under-appreciated, even as the incentives unleashed delivers better choices, better campaigns and better governance

America accepts spoilers, wasted votes, and non-majority winners as normal. Ranked ballots show we don’t have to.

The magic of multi-seat districts elected by proportional representation would create a Congress that reflects the great diversity of America