Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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San Leandro considers instant-runoff voting for municipal elections
- Posted: July 16, 2009
- Author(s): Karen Holzmeister
- Publication: The Oakland Tribune
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
The city of San Leandro, a suburb of Oakland, is considering adopting the use of IRV for city elections. -
Albatross of U.S. democracy
- Posted: July 13, 2009
- Author(s): Fran Quigley
- Publication: Indianapolis Star
- Categories: FairVote
FairVote research is cited in support of the National Popular Vote plan in Indiana, because "every vote cast for president should be equally important and equally coveted, whether it originates in California, Connecticut or Crawfordsville." -
FairVote's Adam Fogel Advises DC Council to Pass Election Reform
- Posted: July 13, 2009
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, FairVote
Adam Fogel, director of FairVote's Right to Vote program, testified before the Washington, D.C. City Council's Committee on Government Operations and the Environment on Monday, June 13th in support of the Omnibus Election Reform Act of 2009. Fogel told the committee that this important bill lays the foundation for making the District's election laws among the most progressive in the country, giving the city the opportunity to serve as a shining example to rest of the nation.
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Winner-take-all can elect a second-place president
- Posted: July 9, 2009
- Author(s): John R. Koza
- Publication: San Diego Union-Tribune
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
The founder of National Popular Vote lays out the shortcomings and injustices of the Electoral College system, and shows why the National Popular Vote plan is the right solution. -
It's Time to Bring Majority Rule to the American Election Process
- Posted: July 5, 2009
- Author(s): Blair Bobier
- Publication: Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
The results of Virginia's recent Democratic gubernatorial primary illustrate how winner-take-all elections can produce winners who don't receive the majority of the vote. IRV ensures election winners have majority support. -
It's Time to Bring Majority Rule to the American Election Process
- Posted: July 5, 2009
- Author(s): Blair Bobier
- Publication: Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
The results of Virginia's recent Democratic gubernatorial primary illustrate how winner-take-all elections can produce winners who don't receive the majority of the vote. IRV ensures election winners have majority support. -
Reforming Albany
- Posted: July 2, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Publication: New York Times
- Categories: FairVote
FairVote's Rob Richie responds in a letter to the editor making the case for proportional voting systems to bring substantive reform to New York's legislature. -
E-Newsletter June 30, 2009
- Posted: June 30, 2009
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, FairVote
Features:
- Key wins for the right to vote
- Instant runoff voting wins in court, national popular vote keeps gaining
- Congressional redistricting reform and a big win for choice voting
- Krist Novoselic’s big news splash
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Register Everybody
- Posted: June 29, 2009
- Publication: Roll Call
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
Editorial declares that the U.S. government needs to start taking a more proactive approach to voter registration in order to live up to the standards that other countries have set. -
The Case for a Diverse Bench -- and Congress
- Posted: June 29, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie and Cynthia Terrell
- Publication: Roll Call
- Categories: FairVote
In the midst of the heated rhetoric surrounding Judge Sonia Sotomayor's potential ascension to the Supreme Court, it's time to ask how much we value fair representation, particularly of women.