Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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FairVote Sponsors Forum on Electoral College Reform
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Al Gore Wins Presidential Straw Poll At Take Back America Conference
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Majority Rule the Norm in Democracies
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Majority Rule in International Presidential Elections
- Posted: June 6, 2006
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Rachel Lewis, and Jack Santucci
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Research & Analysis, International Elections, FairVote, All Reports
Of the 28 freest presidential democracies, 21 require the president to win with a majority of votes. Two more mandate presidents be elected with relatively high minimum pluralities. Only five allow pure plurality winners. One of them, the United States, permits the winner of the popular vote to lose the election through an Electoral College system. The 23 countries with majority and minimum plurality requirements all employ runoff elections. 22 use delayed runoff elections and one, Ireland, builds both rounds into one with instant runoff voting (IRV).
Each method has implications for voter choice, quality of campaigning and respect for majority rule. This report examines each system and its implications by way of description and case studies.
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In California, Major Endorsements for National Popular Vote Plan
- Posted: June 5, 2006
- Categories: FairVote
After the passage of AB 2948, public support for legislation to take California into an interstate compact to award its electoral votes to the national popular vote winner picked up considerable steam over the weekend. The legislation gained the editorial endorsement of the Los Angeles Times and the Sacramento Bee.
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E-Newsletter June 1, 2006
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Outside Looking In
- Posted: May 31, 2006
- Author(s): Ryan Griffin, Research Fellow
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, Research & Analysis, FairVote, All Reports
This report makes clear the extent to which the preferences of black and urban voters are under-represented in the nomination process. It then argues that an early primary in Washington, D.C. is the only way to give these loyal Democratic constituencies an effective voice in the 2008 nomination.
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California Assembly: Yes to National Popular Vote Plan
- Posted: May 30, 2006
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
Legislation to implement the National Popular Vote plan, a multi-state agreement to establish a national popular vote for President, was adopted handily today by the California Assembly - by an initial margin of 17 votes, 42-25. Sponsored byAssemblyman Tom Umberg (D), AB 2948 would enact the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote."
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IRV on the Ballot in Minneapolis
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New York Assembly to Consider National Popular Vote
- Posted: May 26, 2006
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
Legislation to implement the National Popular Vote plan, a multi-state agreement to establish a national popular vote for President, was introduced this week in the New York Assembly. A11563, sponsored by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr.(R) and backed by four fellow Republicans, would enact the “Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.”� Identical legislation has passed the Colorado state senate, passed a Louisiana committee, been the subject of a hearing in Missouri, won bipartisan support in Illinois and is scheduled for a floor vote on Tuesday in the California Assembly,