Check out the new report from Demos and CGS, Drawing Lines: A Public Interest Guide to Real Redistricting Reform on the weaknesses in proposals for Independent Redistricting Commissions in California. A summary of the major findings follows after the jump.

In the interest of giving you comprehensive and up-to-the-minute information about issues that will affect the November election, Demos has launched three new features which are now available at www.demos-usa.org.

Demos Election Newswire showcases the latest election-related articles and commentaries from around the country and the globe. This feature is updated hourly and will be available through Election Day and beyond.

Democracy Dispatches Daily Roundup summarizes the day's top stories and provides insight into the issues we think will be paramount as Election Day approaches. A new roundup is posted everyday, between <st1:time Minute="0" Hour="16">4:00pm</st1:time> and <st1:time Minute="0" Hour="17">5:00pm</st1:time>, and provides you with a brief overview of some of the day's news if you do not have time to scroll through The Newswire.

" Democracy at Risk: Challenges to Election Integrity," an election briefing book, has also been posted on our website. This briefing book covers five areas that Demos has studied in depth: provisional balloting, felon disenfranchisement, voter registration, voter purging and election fraud. Visit this feature for a comprehensive analysis of the issue that will certainly be a part of the Election Day buzz.

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Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, a non-partisan public policy and research organization, has been at the center of national election reform activity since the 2000 election controversy. Over the last four years, Demos has issued a number of groundbreaking reports on long-standing obstacles to voter participation and has engaged in on-the-ground and policy-level efforts to increase voter registration nationwide.