Democratism

10/07/2026

Connecticut elected officials held a press conference last week to denounce ICE’s recent surge in the state, following the arrests of four young people at Connecticut airports, one a college freshman trying to take a domestic flight. None had criminal records, and according to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, all had a legal basis to be in the US.

Across the country, federal officers are arresting people who did nothing wrong, holding them in degrading conditions for weeks with no opportunity for bail. Illegal enforcement and constitutional rights violations are now federal policy.

Denouncing this behavior is not enough. To make it stop, Connecticut and other states must start holding the perpetrators responsible, from the policymakers to the arresting officers.

Check out our plan: democratism.org/STAT

09/22/2026

ICE violated nearly 100 federal court orders in MN in January, NYT reports, in an article based on interviews with judges there.

“The rule of law to democracy is like oxygen to a human body,” one explained (a G.W. Bush appointee). “If you don’t have it, you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism.”

He’s right, and as this reporting shows, the federal judiciary cannot, or will not, compel this administration to adhere to the rule of law.

The states must act. Check out our plan: democratism.org/STAT

09/08/2026

The president is trying to control mail-in voting because he wants to manipulate our elections.

States have sued to ask courts to tell him it's not allowed. But he and everyone helping him already know it's not allowed.

To stop the attacks on democracy, states must hold the attackers accountable.

The officials who devised, implemented, and lied about the scheme include people who work or live in the very states that are suing. The Restore the Constitution Act, Democratism's model bill for states, would make them answerable in state court.

democratism.org/STAT

04/28/2026

The president has abandoned the Constitution, defying the laws of Congress, ignoring court rulings, dismantling oversight, and misusing federal power to entrench itself, enrich loyalists, and punish opponents.

Congress and the federal courts have proven unable or unwilling to stop it.

The most powerful institutions not yet under authoritarian control are state and local governments. State and local officials take an oath to support the Constitution. That duty does not disappear when the federal government abandons constitutional rule.

Democratism is working to give state and local governments the tools they need to protect their residents, confront federal lawlessness, and restore constitutional governance.

Our Restore the Constitution Act is model legislation that any state or locality can pass immediately to use their powers effectively and strategically.

Learn more. Get involved. Help Stop the Authoritarian Takeover.

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11/04/2024

Tomorrow is Election Day, and once again the Electoral College threatens to defeat the will of the people. It’s time for a change.

If the candidate who loses the popular vote becomes president, it won’t be a rare occurrence. It’s happened five times, including twice in the last 25 years.

The best-regarded forecasts suggest it may be about to happen again—that there is between a 1 in 3 and a 1 in 6 chance that Trump will win the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote (and a less than 1 in 100 chance of that happening to Harris). That’s not democracy, and we shouldn’t stand for it.

Democratism has a solution: the Democracy Decree. It starts with local advocacy in local and state legislatures and leads to a vote of the American people to end the Electoral College—and also create fair representation in Congress.

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09/27/2024

Sixty-three percent of Americans want to end the end the Electoral College, a new Pew Research poll finds. We have a plan to make it happen.

63% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

09/06/2024

Democracy demands that the candidate who wins the popular vote win the election. But this is not how it works in the United States of America. The Electoral College allows the loser of the popular vote to become president, and doesn't even give an equal chance to both candidates to win without winning the popular vote. It gives a powerful, unfair advantage to one candidate over the other.
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08/30/2024

79% of Americans think our democracy is broken or under threat. The popular vote and proportional representation would restore faith in democracy. You can learn about how these reforms would help in our new blog post

Recent polling has found that American faith in democracy is worryingly low. Reforming our voting systems will help all people feel like their vote matters.

08/07/2024

TN case decided in federal appeals court could protect broadly unpopular anti-drag legislation nationwide. Learn how this is a symptom of the Electoral College, and how we can fix it.

An anti-drag law in Tennessee was upheld, sending a signal to similar cases nationwide. A judge appointed by a president who lost the popular vote wrote the decision.

08/02/2024

The Electoral College system means a candidate can lose the popular vote but still become president. This isn't democracy. It's time to end the Electoral College and ensure every vote counts.

Why the winner of the most votes in the U.S. presidential election might lose the presidency.