BROADCASTS.com

b'

Cynthia Richie Terrell is the founder and executive director of RepresentWomen. We discuss institutional reforms that can reduce the barriers for women to run, win, and govern.

\\xa0

There are approximately 520,000 elected office holders in the U.S., but incumbency is the biggest barrier to electing more women. Term limits make more seats open to competition. In addition, ranked choice voting eliminates vote splitting if there is more than one woman on the ballot. In NYC, for example, the combination of term limits and ranked choice voting has resulted in a city council where 61% of the seats are held by women. Policy solutions that address the structural barriers do work.

Follow Cynthia on Twitter:\\xa0

https://twitter.com/CynthiaRTerrell\\xa0

\\xa0

Follow Mila on Twitter:\\xa0

https://twitter.com/milaatmos\\xa0

\\xa0

Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:\\xa0

https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/

\\xa0

Love Future Hindsight? Take our Listener Survey!\\xa0

http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=6tI0Zi1e78vq&ver=standard\\xa0

\\xa0

Take the Democracy Group\\u2019s Listener Survey!

https://www.democracygroup.org/survey

\\xa0

Want to support the show and get it early?\\xa0

https://patreon.com/futurehindsight\\xa0

\\xa0

Check out the Future Hindsight website!\\xa0

www.futurehindsight.com

\\xa0

Read the transcript here:\\xa0

https://www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/leveling-the-playing-field-for-women-cynthia-richie-terrell\\xa0

\\xa0

\\xa0

Credits:\\xa0

Host: Mila Atmos\\xa0

Guests: Cynthia Richie Terrell

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis