Content Categorized with "FairVote"

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  • Labor commissioner runoff cost $55 a vote

    North Carolina's high-cost runoff elections beat the record of the lowest voter turnout ever in the state's history. "There's a better way to do it:instant runoff voting".

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  • What If They Had a Runoff and Nobody Came?

    On June 24th election workers had a lonely experience in polling places in North Carolina such a precinct in New Hanover that recorded one vote. After unusually high voter turnout in the May 6 primary timed with the presidential primary, last Tuesday’s runoff elections beat the record of the lowest turnout ever in North Carolina. Turnout for the runoff for the Democratic State Labor Commissioner nomination was less than 2%, dropping to 0.8% in Mecklenburg where the election cost more than $120 per voter. Statewide the Labor Commissioner runoff cost between 3.5 million and 5 million dollars to counties. 

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  • Time has run out on runoffs

    Extremely low voter turnout for North Carolina runoff elections makes the case for IRV.

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  • Pick gov candidate the right way

    FairVote's Terry Bouricius puts the case for IRV in the election for Vermont Governor.

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  • Why Two Elections When One Can Do?

    • Posted: June 25, 2008
    • Categories: FairVote

    South Carolina voters – or at least handfuls of them – went to the polls on June 24th for runoff elections in 11 state legislative elections two weeks after the June 10th initial round. In the district number 4 democratic runoff for State House of Representatives, Paul Corden won a majority with fewer than 7,800 votes after falling short of a majority in early June with 14,968 votes. Overall, turnout declined by more than 48% in his runoff, and declined by at least 20% in nine other runoffs for state office held by Republicans and Democrats. South Carolina taxpayers likely spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on these runoffs; North Carolina’s statewide runoff the same day (one drawing turnout of less than 2% of registered voters) cost $5 million.

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  • Runoff election costs Burke $18K

    After the 2% voter turnout in North Carolina runoff elections to determine the Democratic candidate for State Labor Commissioner office, Instant Runoff Voting might be introduced in the State House this year.

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  • 'Instant runoff' could save time, money

    North Carolina's runoff elections beat the record of the lowest turnout ever in the state. It cost between 3.5 million and 5 million dollars. IRV appears as a solution to both problems.

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  • Pre-Registration Vetoed, FairVote RI Urging Override

    • Posted: June 24, 2008
    • Categories: FairVote

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  • Americans Disenfranchised Again

    An article explaining how IRV and National Popular Vote would change our current electoral system into a real democracy focusing on Los Angeles' municipal elections and California general elections.

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  • A national popular vote for president

    Commentary by N.C. Center for Voter Education's Damon Circosta on the case for a National Popular Vote.

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