Tzipi Livni Quotes

Redistricting reform is one of the most important issues we can tackle.

The Electoral College needs to go, because it's made our society less and less democratic.

Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

I think I've had my fill of electoral law.

I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries.

The dollar votes more times than the man.

One person, one vote sounds so reasonable and - dare I say it - democratic. But the voting process in America is anything but fair and balanced.

I think the best term limit is to have public financing of campaigns and independent redistricting.

A great many of us have been concerned about the presidential nomination system... whether or not we have drifted into a system that simply doesn't work so well any more.

It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.

The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.

We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we conduct and decide elections in the United States.

We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.

One goal of empowerment is to gain influence in as many elections as possible.... Beware of plans that pack you into super-minority districts, that ghettoize minorities.

Rich people are powerful in wealth but few in votes.

America doesn’t need a third party; it needs a second one.

The people are always worsted in an election.

If the Election be made by the People in large Districts, there will be no danger of Demagogues.

There once was a time when people chose their congressmen. Now congressmen choose their people.

We are the world’s greatest democracy but we are behind a number of other countries when it come to our voting processes… The good news is that most of these are problems are fixable.

it is a universal practice in the popular elections in all these states, to give no legal consideration whatsoever to those who do not choose to vote, as against the effect of the votes of those, who do choose to vote. Hence it is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters, who choose to vote, that constitute the political power of the state.

I'm just an American citizen like everyone else and I'm not sitting at the power table in the room where it all happens.

I am under no illusion that amending the Voting Rights Act in Congress will be easy, but with bipartisan calls for legislation to address it, I'm confident we are moving in the right direction.