Less money in politics. A clearer understanding of the effects of gerrymandering and voter ID laws. Bringing voting technology into the 21st century. Those are some of the early goals of a funding program that the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation calls “Strengthening American Democracy.” Part of MacArthur general counsel Joshua J. Mintz’s role in the democracy campaign is to ensure the nonprofit with nearly $6 billion in assets follows a specific set of political spending regulations …