Ten Questions that Will Shape Democracy and Voting Rights in 2023

The ubiquitous pronouncement that “democracy itself” was on the ballot in 2022 felt true across much of the country. Nearly every state saw candidates for governor, Congress, or secretary of state who subscribed to the Trumpian conspiracy that the 2020 election was stolen, and threatened to change election procedures or subvert the will of the people in future elections. Advocates elsewhere in California are looking to Oakland as an example. Los Angeles and San Diego have each had their respective campaigns for democracy dollars in place for some time, and in a recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times, the editorial board offered up these vouchers as one of several tools that could be used to restore LA voters’ confidence in local government shaken by the racist comments made city council leaders on a leaked tape.  Read more here