Alan Durning

Alan Durning
Alan Durning
Election Reform Measures Lost; Election Reform Didn’t
What to learn—and what to leave behind—from the 2024 ballot measure losses in Cascadia.
Proportional representation in just three (brutally hard, agonizingly slow) steps!
Is there a better way to get there in the United States?
The Bizarre Red-Blue Politics of Election Consolidation
And the chance for stronger democracy it creates.
The Election Calendar Is Cheating Idaho and Montana Voters
But neighboring Wyoming offers a solution.
Idaho, Montana, and Washington Could Save $30 Million by Moving Local Elections to National Election Day
A preliminary estimate of potential cost savings from municipal election consolidation.
Hey, Olympia! If You Let Them, Cities Could Double Turnout in Local Elections
The case for freeing Washington cities to run elections on Election Day.
Voters Want Fewer Elections: Here’s How to Do That
California, Arizona, and Nevada have shifted to even-year elections, boosting turnout and saving money—with lessons for other states.
Washington Should Move All Elections to Even Years
And psst, King County voters: you can vote this fall to supercharge this shift.