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Vote early, vote often
- Posted: January 3, 2008
- Publication: Newport Mercury
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
Newport, RI editorial endorsing FairVote RI's youth pre-registration proposal. -
Your Idiot's Guide To The Democratic Caucuses
- Posted: January 3, 2008
- Author(s): Eric Kleefeld
- Publication: Talking Points Memo
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Article discussing Iowa's Democratic Caucus process and how its "instant runoff" rules allow for voters to select second choice candidates. -
Pakistan and Feudalism
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The Primary Problem
- Posted: September 2, 2007
- Publication: The New York Times
- Categories: FairVote, Presidential Nominations Reform
An editorial call to fix the primaries system, with a particular nod to the FairVote-backed American Plan. -
Americans of all stripes will want to join this party
- Posted: November 16, 2006
- Author(s): Rob Richie and Steven Hill
- Publication: Amarillo Globe-News
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
FairVote Director Rob Richie and New America Foundation Fellow Steven Hill on the growing popularity of pro-democracy reforms America needs: instant runoff voting, universal registration, professionalized administration and clean voter rolls.
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The Day After-- Election glut in America
- Posted: November 8, 2006
- Author(s): Bob Keller
- Categories: Home, FairVote
"When we the people lose interest in politicians and officials who exercise power over us, democracy falls at risk". This is the main and crucial notice Bob Keller made in 2006 on the American Democracy. In an editorial published in Cascadia Weekly, he claims that the United States electoral campaigns should take example from German or Canadian ones where they are limited to a certain amount of time. He calls this project, a Campaign Compact.
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A vote for democracy
- Posted: June 5, 2006
- Publication: The Los Angeles Times
LA Times Editorial Endorsement of NPV plan
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The Right to Vote
- Posted: February 6, 2006
- Author(s): Jesse Jackson, Jr.
- Publication: The Nation
- Categories: Right to Vote Amendment, FairVote
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. argues for a constitutional amendment protecting the right to vote. -
The attention factor
- Posted: December 4, 2005
- Author(s): James R. Carroll
- Publication: The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
FairVote's report Who Picks the President? is cited in this political column speculating on a potential jump in attention for the Midwest during the next presidential campaign.
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Presidential races don't value state, group says
- Posted: November 30, 2005
- Author(s): The Associated Press
- Publication: The Aberdeen News
FairVote's Who Picks the President? report sparks discussion about primary reform.