Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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Legislature votes to let teens register early
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No consensus on city vote change plan
- Posted: April 2, 2009
- Author(s): No consensus on city vote change plan
- Publication: Herald Sun
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
FairVote North Carolina Executive Director Torrey Dixon is quoted in this article on a Durham hearing about the possibility of switching to instant runoff voting. -
ASWC executive council to be elected
- Posted: April 2, 2009
- Author(s): Molly Smith
- Publication: Whitman College Pioneer
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
April elections of Whitman College's Executive Council and Senate will make use of instant runoff voting. -
A preference for a better electoral system
- Posted: April 2, 2009
- Author(s): David Stanford
- Publication: Jakarta Post
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
In this Jakarta Post Op-ed, David Stanford explains that Indonesians should not have to wait several months for their government to take office due to runoff elections, but instead should use instant runoff voting. -
Los Angeles County Approves IRV Commission
- Posted: April 2, 2009
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
On March 31st, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a measure to create a commission to study the use of instant runoff voting for special elections.
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High school registrants keep voting drive alive
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Runaway, Budget-Busting Runoffs
- Posted: April 1, 2009
- Author(s): Ted Lieu and Gautam Dutta
- Publication: California Progress Report
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
California State Assemblymember Ted Lieu and New America Foundation Political Reform Program Deputy Director Gautam Dutta explain why instant runoff voting would be preferable to California's current runoff system. -
Statewide election to fill state's U.S. Senate seat
- Posted: March 31, 2009
- Author(s): Sara Sunshine
- Publication: The Brown Daily Herald
- Categories: FairVote
In the wake of scandals involving Illinois and New York Senate seats, the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives have voted to change state law so that a vacated U.S. Senate seat would be filled through a special statewide election. -
L.A. County to study using instant runoff elections
- Posted: March 31, 2009
- Author(s): Molly Hennessy-Fiske
- Publication: Los Angeles Times
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Los Angeles County will look at using instant runoff voting in county elections in order to avoid the numerous runoffs the city holds each year. -
Mark Ridley-Thomas calls for 'instant runoff' system
- Posted: March 31, 2009
- Author(s): Daily News Wire Services
- Publication: Los Angeles Daily News
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas introduced a measure calling for instant runoff voting for county elections.