Takoma Park, MD. The city expanded the local franchise to young people ages 16 and 17, in an effort to support life-long voting habits, civic engagement, and accountability to youth voices in local issues.

Detroit, MI. This charter revision seeks to center equity, survival, and quality of life, including water access, safety, recreation, and affordable housing.

Chicago, IL. The city’s 35th ward utilized a participatory process to secure a zoning change to build a new development with 100 percent affordable housing.

Harris County, TX. The county recently restructured voting infrastructure, centralizing all activities under one office, in order to better serve voters during registration and as they cast their ballots.

Brookline, MA. This community-driven process aims to reconceptualize public safety, centering the experiences of those most impacted by police and state violence.

Prince George’s County, MD. PG County Public Schools will utilize a controversial, and potentially detrimental, funding structure to finance new elementary school construction over the next four years, the first in the country to do so.

Seattle, WA. The city funded a democracy voucher program for ten years, where voters and some eligible non-registered voters, can contribute vouchers to help fund their preferred candidates’ campaigns if those individuals are participating in the program.

Tempe, AZ. The city overwhelmingly voted to require dark money groups spending money in local elections to disclose their original source donors.

Washington DC. The city created a public financing 5:1 matching program to help increase the diversity of the candidate pool and council representation, as well as reduce the influence of monied interest and increase the voice and influence of DC residents in local and at-large races.

Mount Rainier, MD. The city expanded the franchise to undocumented immigrants, who are frequently left out of official democratic processes, to vote in municipal elections.