Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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Don't call Pierce County's ranked choice voting weird just because it's different
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Publication: Tacoma News Tribune
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Peter Callaghan of the Tacoma News Tribune explains that although many Pierce County residents may think that their recently imp -
IRV is ready for Minneapolis debut: State will benefit from the instant-runoff voting venture
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Publication: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
An editorial in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune speculates about the long-awaited debut of IRV in Minneapolis for the upco -
Don't call Pierce County's ranked choice voting weird just because it's different
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Author(s): Peter Callaghan
- Publication: Tacoma News Tribune
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Peter Callaghan of the Tacoma News Tribune explains that although many Pierce County residents may think that their recently implemented IRV system for county elections is "weird", they should give it a chance because it has many hidden advantages. -
New Jersey, Virginia and other States of Flux
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
The field is set for highly competitive gubernatorial elections this fall in Virginia and New Jersey. In handicapping the electoral prospects of the gubernatorial candidates, some of our smartest politicos are assuming that a state’s presidential results are a major indicator of who will lord over the statehouse. But looking at governors’ races through a presidential lens leads one into some dizzying territory where blue is red, red is blue, and the most conventional of wisdom dissolves in the face of indisputable data.
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Virginia Primary Turnout Up - But Still Low Despite National Profile
- Posted: June 10, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
Turnout in Tuesday's fiercely fought Democratic gubernatorial primary was only 6.3% of registered voters and about 5.5% of eligible voters. Despite big spending, media attention and the ability for voters of all political stripes to participate (due to Virginia's "semi-open" primary system), an overwhelming majority of active Democrats did not participate in their party's nomination for governor.
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IRV better than old runoffs
- Posted: June 9, 2009
- Author(s): Terry Bouricius
- Publication: Aspen Times
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
FairVote's Terry Bouricius confronts critics who claim that IRV's non-monotonicity make it an unsatisfactory election system. -
Instant runoffs would reduce election costs
- Posted: June 8, 2009
- Author(s): Gautam Dutta and Ted W. Lieu
- Publication: Torrance Daily Breeze
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Opinion piece highlights the role IRV could have in shrinking California's budget deficit by eliminating the need for costly runoffs. -
Jack Nagel: Accounting of IRV's flaws had its own: There's no perfect voting system, but instant-runoff foes avoid comparisons.
- Posted: June 6, 2009
- Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Jack Nagel rebuts criticisms of IRV. -
Virginia Primary Winner May Not Have Majority Support Among State Dems
- Posted: June 5, 2009
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
This Tuesday, June 9th, Virginia Democrats will hold a primary to nominate the candidate for governor that they hope will best reflect the will of the state party's voters. But with three strong candidates essentially tied in the polls, no candidate may come close to winning a majority. The instant runoff system backed by President Barack Obama and used on May 9th in Charlottesville in its "firehouse primary" would better determine which candidate best represents the will of Virginia Democrats.
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NJ Gubernatorial Primary Turnout Lowest in Years
- Posted: June 3, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
Voter turnout dropped to a shockingly low 10% of registered voters and less than 9% of eligible voters for New Jersey's gubernatorial primaries on Tuesday. Previous gubernatorial primary contests in 2001 and 2005 had already languished at 12% and 13% of registered voters, respectively, and Tuesday more than nine in ten eligible voters did not participate.