This op-ed by Greg Orman, independent candidate for Governor of Kansas last year, is thoughtful and worth a read.
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On January 4, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted two partisan gerrymandering cases. State governments of North Carolina and Maryland had placed these appeals in front of the Supreme Court. In each case the 3-judge U.S. District Courts had invalidated the congressional districts as a partisan gerrymander. The Court will hold oral argument in March. The two cases are Rucho v Common Cause, 18-422; and Lamone v Benisek, 18-726. Rucho is a North Carolina State Senator, and Lamone is head of the Maryland State Board of Elections. Here is the North Carolina appeal. Here is the Maryland filing.
On January 3, Congressmember Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) introduced a constitutional amendment to provide for the direct popular election of the president. The text is not yet on the web page for Congress.
Four New Mexico Democratic legislators have introduced HB 55, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. In 2017, the same bill passed the State Senate but not the House. The four sponsors are Representatives Gail Chasey and Daymon Ely, and Senators Mimi Stewart and Carlos Cisneros.
Congressmember John Sarbanes (D-Maryland) and many others have introduced HR 1, a federal election law bill. However, the text of the bill is not yet posted to the web page for Congress. When it is, this post will be revised to include a link. Here is a summary of the bill prepared by its sponsors.