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The greatest gift we can give our children is a vibrant and responsive representative democracy.
The founders of the United States embedded in our Constitution the revolutionary idea we are a government of the people, by the people, for the people. Representative democracy works when citizens elect representatives and hold their representatives accountable at the next election. This is how a democratic republic remains responsive to it citizens.
A Pew Research report from February of 2020 found 74% of Americans believe that their elected representatives in Congress donât care what their constituents think and put their own interests first. Extreme partisanship and big money in our elections and legislative process have weakened our democracy. While polls from the Campaign Legal Center and Pew Research show that over 70% of the American public favor ending partisan gerrymandering and limiting election spending, nothing has been done. Our government should respond to the will of
Nancy Leifer, Margaret Bentwood and Clare Kearns
Our democratic republic depends upon citizens having faith in our elections. The League of Women Voters views election integrity as involving these criteria:
1. Accuracy in the election process
2. Access that enables all qualified citizens to vote
Accuracy means only qualified citizens vote, and ballots are secure, counted and tabulated correctly. Access that enables all qualified citizens to vote ensures that all voices are heard and that we truly have a representative democracy.
How are we doing on the first criteria? Montanaâs election process is widely viewed as having high integrity, as affirmed by both proponents and opponents in recent legislative hearings. The League of Women Voters Montana conducted its own study of the security of Montana elections in 2018, surveying all 56 county election administrators. We found that Montana already implements many of the best practices identified by election experts.
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