#democraticbacksliding — Public Fediverse posts
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Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5856022-redistricting-supreme-court-voting-rights-act/
#democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
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Europe is at a crossroads as democratic erosion deepens, a report warns.
As the UN marks the International Day of Democracy on Monday, the global body called for renewed commitment to civic freedoms – but fresh data suggests Europe, long seen as democracy’s safe zone, is now one of the regions where those freedoms are most under strain.
#Democracy #Europe #Politics #DemocraticErosion #DemocraticBacksliding #UN
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Our team from Jagiellonian University, Wojciech Burek, Rita Hornok, & Natasza Styczynska, examined the choice not to introduce a state of emergency during the
#pandemic in Hungary and Poland as examples of #democraticbacksliding.Read the full paper here: https://regroup-horizon.eu/publications/rule-of-law-hungary-and-poland/
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New year, new publication! ✨ We’re excited to start 2024 with an important #regroup contribution: A Democratic Audit by ARENA, University of Oslo.
John Erik Fossum and Chris Lord developed a method to assess democratic standards during crises, like the #pandemic.
👉 https://regroup-horizon.eu/publications/democratic-audit/
#democraticaudit #democraticbacksliding #pandemicpolitics #covid19pandemic #covidresearch #horizoneu #horizoneurope