The 2004 British Columbia Citizens' Assembly recommended replacing the province's first-past-the-post voting system with the single transferable vote form of ranked-choice voting

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In 2015, an Irish convention comprising two-thirds randomly selected citizens and one-third politicians proposed legalizing same-sex marriage via referendum, which voters approved by over 60%

Following the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, congressional leaders Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer convened at 5:00 p.m. to resume the certification process

Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries coordinated a midterm strategy centered on the themes of cost, chaos, and corruption

Chuck Schumer recruited Mary Peltola in Alaska, Michael Turek in Iowa, Sherrod Brown in Ohio, and Roy Cooper in North Carolina to run for the United States Senate

In 2018, an entirely randomly selected Irish citizens' assembly recommended repealing the constitutional ban on abortion, which was subsequently approved by voters in a national referendum

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Congress certified Joe Biden's presidential election victory at 3:00 a.m. following the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot

Chuck Schumer hosted Scott Colum and Colum's father for lunch in Brooklyn to recruit Colum for the United States Senate race in Mississippi

The 2005 British Columbia electoral reform referendum proposal received 57% voter approval, failing to reach the 60% threshold required by the provincial legislature for enactment

In 2004, British Columbia established a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform composed of one man and one woman selected by random lottery from each provincial legislative district

Terry Bouricius was a co-founder of the Labor Party, the Citizens Party alongside Barry Commoner, and the Vermont Progressive Party

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The Venezuelan government barred María Corina Machado from running as a candidate in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election

Venezuelan opposition supporters collected printed tally papers from voting machines across Venezuela and uploaded them onto an application to verify their 2024 election victory

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Voters in the municipality of Harwood, North Dakota, approved a ballot measure permitting data center expansion

In Vice President JD Vance's postmortem on X following the 2026 midterms, JD Vance argued that voters who supported Trump-Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026

Decision Desk HQ projected Democrat Nithya Raman would defeat Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election

Israeli President Isaac Herzog formally accepted Israel's 2026 election results and began discussions with party leaders to form a new government