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Virgil Swing: Pondering the merits of instant-runoff voting
- Posted: January 29, 2009
- Author(s): Virgil Swing
- Publication: Duluth News Tribune
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Virgil Swing discusses the merits of adopting instant runoff voting in Duluth, Minnesota.

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Illinois' Lesson for Rhode Island
- Posted: January 29, 2009
- Author(s): Jeremy Feigenbaum
- Publication: The Brown Daily Herald
- Categories: FairVote
Brown Daily Herald columnist weighs in on the direct election of US Senators. Quotes from Matt Sledge and Rep. Christopher Fierro.

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Senate Vacancies
- Posted: January 29, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
Wafting through the Winds of Change is the stench of 19th century political gamesmanship and cronyism: The undemocratic and undignified scrum among our country's political insiders -- to fill four prominent US Senate vacancies -- would have been familiar to Americans of 100-plus years past, when all Senators were appointed by the powerful.

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Senate Selection Scam
- Posted: January 28, 2009
- Author(s): John Nichols
- Publication: The Nation
- Categories: FairVote
- Tags: Electoral College
FairVote cited in opinion piece calling for special elections to fill all Senate vacancies.

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Election Reform
- Posted: January 28, 2009
- Author(s): Nick Hannula
- Publication: The Concordian
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Instant runoff voting would all better representation of voters' choice in Minnesota elections.

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Hoyer Says He Will Soon Bring Bill to House Floor
- Posted: January 28, 2009
- Author(s): Mary Beth Sheridan
- Publication: The Washington Post
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, FairVote
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer vows to bring the DC House Voting Rights Act to the floor "in the very near future."

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FairVote Testimony on Ideas for Local Reform
- Posted: January 28, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
Look at Robert Richie's speech at Washington DC Council Board of Elections and Ethics.

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Cheh eyes same-day sign-up to vote
- Posted: January 27, 2009
- Author(s): Michael Drost
- Publication: The Washington Times
- Categories: FairVote
- Tags: Legislation and Litigation
The Washington, DC City Council is considering a range of election reforms, including same day registration and no-excuse absentee voting.

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Uphold the Voting Rights Act
- Posted: January 25, 2009
- Author(s): Editorial Board
- Publication: The New York Times
- Categories: FairVote
A New York Times editorial urges the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

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FairVote Oped in New York Times:
- Posted: January 25, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
David Segal, a FairVote analyst and Rhode Island legislator, has a commentary (a "must read" according to Rick Hasen in his election law blog) in the New York Times focused on the importance of electing U.S. Senate vacancies rather than allowing gubernatorial appointments.

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