UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy is growing its Student Dialogue Fellowship to help students understand those with whom they disagree.
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Former Charlottesville Del. Sally Hudson, now executive director of Ranked Choice Virginia and a practitioner fellow at UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy, said the change to ranked choice voting creates a system that “respects diversity by design.”
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Karsh Institute Practitioner Fellow Sally Hudson led the effort to bring ranked choice voting to Virginia.
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Advocates of ranked choice voting say it makes our elections better by allowing voters to cast ballots for candidates in order of preference. Others say it’s too confusing. Karsh Institute Practitioner Fellow Sally Hudson explains this new way of voting that’s been slowly spreading across the country.
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A UVA law professor explains why this phrase is so important to democracy, and how its definition is harder to pin down than you might think.
Why proponents hope this new approach gives voters more options—and makes politicians more accountable.
PBS will premiere a new one-hour special, "A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America," hosted by Melody Barnes and Jeffrey Rosen, on Monday, November 24, 2025, immediately following Ken Burns’ six-part documentary series "The American Revolution."
These recent UVA grads say their eyes were opened to the value of open dialogue during their terms as student representatives on the Karsh Institute of Democracy’s advisory board.
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A new UVA project will provide voters with accessible and reliable information around local and statewide elections.
Instead of promoting diversity, many social networks and other popular digital platforms function as machines for the production and circulation of hate, writes David Nemer of the UVA Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, an affiliate of the Karsh Institute.
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Karsh Institute Practitioner Fellow Sam Pressler has a strong track record of bringing people together and working to rebuild the civic infrastructure of the United States.
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