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As part of Ms. magazine's Feminist 250 series, Cynthia Richie Terrell writes on the Feminist Future, noting that the ranked ballot is the pro-women, pro-voter, pro-democracy reform America needs.

This week, we mark the 54th anniversary of Title IX, a milestone that reminds us representation has never been a question of women trying harder. It has always been a question of whether we are willing to build the systems, the rules, and the pathways that finally let the talent we already have come through.

On June 18th, Stephanie Demmons, National Partnerships Manager at VoteRiders, joined Women’s Power Collaborative for a lunch & Learn, walking us through the policy landscape of voter ID at the national and state levels, the real-world impact these laws have on communities, and how VoteRiders helps voters navigate these barriers through free education and on-the-ground resources.

Primary season is underway, and the data is already telling a story about where women stand. This week, we dig into what's working, what isn't, and what's at stake as the rules of our democracy continue to be rewritten.

This week's edition covers the anniversary of the 19th Amendment's passing in the Senate, the state of the primaries, international women's news, and more.

From the Bahamas to Colombia, this month's elections tell a story about what's possible when the rules change for women.

This article by Lucina Robinson, published by the Council on Foreign Relations, highlights RepresentWomen's Cynthia Richie Terrell and her work to make voting systems more representative.

This op-ed by RepresentWomen's Cynthia Richie Terrell and Alana Persson, The Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Women Will Pay the Price, was published in Ms.magazine in May 2026.

This op-ed by RepresentWomen's Cynthia Richie Terrell, Amid Escalating Attacks on the Voting Rights Act and U.S. Democracy in Crisis, Lani Guinier’s Vision Feels More Urgent Than Ever, was published in Ms. magazine in April 2026.

Today's Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is a serious setback for voting rights, and for the women whose representation depended on the structural protections it has now weakened.

From Seattle salons to city halls across the country, women are building the movement for a more representative democracy. From Analilia Mejia's landslide win to the women redesigning cities in Montreal, Barcelona, and Paris, this week's reading is full of proof that when women lead, everyone benefits.

Representation without power is not enough. In our first dedicated international edition, we travel from Pakistan to Namibia to Peru to make the case for why changing the rules is the only path to changing the outcomes, and look to lessons from the world to reach these goals faster.

RepresentWomen hosted a one-hour webinar to unpack how the primaries are structured, and what this means for women’s representation across the country.

RepresentWomen's Communications Director, Alana Persson, hosted a conversation with April England-Albright (Black Voters Matter Fund), Delegate Marcia Price (author of the Virginia Voting Rights Act), and election law and voting rights expert, Yael Bromberg on what the Louisiana v. Callais Supreme Court decision means for communities across the country, what's at stake, and what states are doing to help fill in the gaps.

This week's Weekend Reading, written by RepresentWomen's Communications Director, Alana Persson, is dedicated to RepresentWomen founder Cynthia Richie Terrell on her birthday. She has spent four decades asking who is missing from the table and changing the rules until there is room for them.

On the 109th anniversary of Jeanette Rankin's swearing-in as the first woman ever elected to Congress — four years before most American women could even vote — we reflect on what her legacy teaches us about this moment: that the rules of democracy are not fixed facts, but deliberate choices, and that different choices yield a more inclusive, representative, and peaceful world.

As Women's History Month draws to a close, this week's edition captures both the weight of how far we still have to go and the momentum building nationwide — from a Democrat flipping Trump's backyard in Florida to ranked choice voting advancing in Los Angeles.

As Women's History Month draws to a close, this edition traces the arc from suffragists who fought to be remembered to the women making history right now — from Illinois to New Hampshire to the halls of Congress. At a moment when women's political power is under renewed threat globally, the wins and the warnings in this week's reading have never felt more connected.