Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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E-Newsletter November 11, 2005
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Landslide Victory for IRV in Takoma Park, MD
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Cambridge, MA Choice Voting Elections Once Again Provide Fair Racial Representation and Voter Choice
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Landslide Win For Election Reform
- Posted: November 9, 2005
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
In an advisory ballot measure placed on the ballot by a 7-0 vote of the Takoma Park city council, fully 84% of voters voted for the proposal to have future city elections use instant runoff voting. A majority of the city council is committed to implementing the new system in time for the mayoral and city council races in 2007.
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Who Picks the President? ...Not You
- Posted: November 4, 2005
- Categories: FairVote
FairVote today released its new report Who Picks the President? The report analyzes major party candidate visits and campaign spending in the peak season of the 2004 presidential campaign and combines these two measures to create an 'attention index.' Results show seven states get the bulk of campaign attention. Another seven get more attention than average. The remaining 37 get next to nothing.
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With the Failure of Redistricting Initiatives, Where Do We Go From Here?
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TIME FOR JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS REFORM IS NOW
- Posted: November 3, 2005
- Categories: Research & Analysis, FairVote
With President George W. Bush’s nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, expectations are high of a filibuster by Democratic Senators who believe Alito to be too conservative and polarizing. FairVote believes that now is the time to propose cooperative reforms to our judicial nominations processes. Its new report, Filibuster 2005: Who Represents America?, highlights the perils and pitfalls of the Senate filibuster for both Democrats and Republicans, while highlighting proposals to reduce the increasing bitterness and acrimony over Presidential nominees.
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Who Picks the President?
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FairVote Releases New Report
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E-Newsletter November 1, 2005
