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Full-Text Articles in Election Law
One Person, One Vote: Gerrymandering And The Independent Commission, A Global Perspective, James Ruley
One Person, One Vote: Gerrymandering And The Independent Commission, A Global Perspective, James Ruley
Indiana Law Journal
In 1863, on the hallowed fields at Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln encapsulated a core principle of democracy by describing our system as a “government of the people, by the people, [and] for the people.” This definition accurately depicts the ideal of democracy—that supreme power is vested in the citizenry, not in the government itself. Since the American model is based on representative democracy instead of direct democracy, extreme scrutiny must be placed upon the system of choosing representatives if government is to accurately represent the will of the people.
One of the greatest abuses of a citizen’s voting rights is gerrymandering. …
Transforming Election Cybersecurity, David P. Fidler
Transforming Election Cybersecurity, David P. Fidler
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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