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Since the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election outcome, there has been increased attention to the administration of elections in the United States. Brookings experts examine issues around election reform, including technology, voter access, early and absentee balloting, and voter registration.

Members of the 113th Congress take their oath at the Capitol in Washington (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque).

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Time to Change the Way We Elect Congressional Leaders

October 3, 2013, William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

William A. Galston and Elaine C. Kamarck explain that the current government shutdown persists partly due to the fact that Congress has lost the habit of making coalitions. Galston and Kamarck call for creative institutional reform and ask: What if it took 60 percent of each body to elect the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate?

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