Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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FairVote RI August/September Update
- Posted: September 7, 2008
- Categories: FairVote
In just days Rhode Island will hold its primary election. In just over two months the nation votes on a new president, and Rhode Island will select its General Assembly. This year all eyes are on elections--andFairVote RIis pushing for reform. Things are also changing around the office, with a new director and a newly constituted Board of Advisors. Read on to find out how you can get informed and take action.
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Instant Runoff
- Posted: September 6, 2008
- Author(s): MICHAEL AUMACK
- Publication: Wichita Eagle
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Wichita reformer's excellent model of straightforward letter on behalf of IRV -
Uniformity in Election Administration: A 2008 Survey of Swing State County Clerks--New Mexico Edition
- Posted: September 4, 2008
- Author(s): Adam Fogel, Daniel Weaver
- Categories: FairVote
The Democracy SOS Project aims to increase transparency in election administration and to monitor the actions of election officials, starting with Secretaries of State. This series reports the results of surveys of county clerks in 10 "swing states" during the 2008 Presidential Election. FairVote staff and interns surveyed nearly every county clerk in Missouri, New Mexico, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Virginia, as well as election officials in counties with at least 500,000 residents in Ohio, Florida, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. -
Electoral College outdated; count each citizen's vote
- Posted: September 3, 2008
- Author(s): LOUISE RISCALLA
- Publication: Scarlet Scuttlebutt, NJ
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
Commentary argues that the electoral college should be abolished and supports the National Popular Vote plan. -
Obama-McCain contest: Should winner of popular vote always win the White House?
- Posted: September 3, 2008
- Author(s): Gregory M. Lamb
- Publication: Christian Science Monitor
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
Article uses the 2008 Presidential race to explain the national popular vote plan. -
FairVote Rhode Island gets new director
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A push for tiered elections
- Posted: September 2, 2008
- Author(s): Patrick Healy
- Publication: The Daily Planet
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
News article on ballot measure seeking instant runoff voting for Telluride, CO. -
Strong step forward for ranked choice voting
- Posted: September 2, 2008
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
On August 22, 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed into law SB 439, allowing all municipalities to adopt ranked ballots for overseas voters by ordinance when a primary occurs close to the general election.
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Uniformity in Election Administration: A 2008 Survey of Swing State County Clerks--Missouri Edition
- Posted: August 28, 2008
- Author(s): Adam Fogel, Allison McNeely
- Categories: FairVote
The Democracy SOS Project is aimed to increase transparency in election administration and monitor actions of election officials, starting with Secretaries of State. This report is a compilation of the results of surveying county clerks in 10 "swing states" during the 2008 presidential election. FairVote staff and interns surveyed nearly every county clerk in Missouri, New Mexico, Colorado and Pennsylvania, as well as election officials in counties with at least 500,000 residents in Ohio, Florida, Minnesota, Michigan, Virginia and Wisconsin. -
Uniformity in Election Administration: A 2008 Survey of Swing State County Clerks