Amending the constitution Quote by John Anderson

My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.

— Pramila Jayapal

While the United States is a prime example of fair elections, there is room for improvement, starting with passing voter identification laws across the…

— Mercedes Schlapp

In order to maintain American democracy we need to tackle the problematic influence of big money donors, corporate political action committees and dark money…

— John Fetterman

[Proportional representation is a] device for defeating democracy, the principle of which was that the majority should rule, and for bringing faddists of all…

— David Lloyd George

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close…

— Lucy Powell

We need election systems that are free from fraud, discrimination, and partisan influence and that are more, not less, accessible to the citizens of…

— Eric Holder

Democracy, if it meant what our forefathers said, that would be great, but unfortunately it's been corrupted by this funding and funding of campaigns.…

— George Hamilton

I see voter participation as key to strengthening democracy.

— Josh Shapiro

The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body…

— James Madison

“The only sure way to alter today’s patently unequal democracy is for average Americans to mobilize politically—to break out of their political inertia and…

— Hedrick Smith

It seems to me that actual democracy is where all of us get to participate and it's not just a sort of a blunt…

— Russell Brand

When members of a certain party concoct various devious schemes to suppress votes, purposely misinform potential voters, spread vile untrue filth about certain candidates,…

— Richard Belzer