Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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Parties Must Fix the Primaries
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Delegating Democracy
- Posted: April 3, 2008
- Categories: FairVote
Political parties have broad authority over how they conduct their nomination procedures, including in primary elections administered by the state. Parties are private associations with protections under the first amendment that enable them to go beyond state and federal laws in expanding suffrage, increasing participation and allowing for more democratic contests. With this flexibility and freedom, parties have great opportunities to review and improve their election systems by incorporating reforms that give more voters an equal voice and an equal vote. From representative delegate allocation regimes to ranked choice voting and expanded suffrage rights, a political party's nomination process can be a true laboratory of democracy. We can start with elections for the president, although parties ultimately could explore reforms even more daringly in state and local elections in areas such as campaign finance.
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RNC looks to fix 2012 primaries
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Political confusion: Removal letter confuses law-abiding voters
- Posted: April 3, 2008
- Author(s): Alan Riquelmy
- Publication: Ledger-Enquirer
- Categories: FairVote
Ledger-Enquirer reports the Georgia Secretary of State's office mailed hundreds of letters stating residents were now classified as felonies, and could no longer vote. Problem, many letters were wrong. -
City Council considers moving voting day to Saturdays
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Delegating Democracy
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National Popular Vote moves in Vermont
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Missouri State Senate Hearing On Majority Voting Elections Through Instant Runoff Voting
- Posted: April 1, 2008
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
On March 31, 2008, the Missouri Senate Financial, Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee debated legislation that would implement instant runoff voting system in all primary, general and special elections. A majority voting method based on voters having the power to rank candidates in order of choice, instant runoff voting is used in several nations’ elections and in a growing number of American jurisdictions.
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Missouri registers fewer poor to vote
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New voting system eliminates runoffs at SFCC
- Posted: March 26, 2008
- Author(s): Katie Sanders
- Publication: The Independent Florida Alligator
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Santa Fe Community College (FL) is the first community college which adopted IRV for its student elections. The new voting system has been successfully used for the first time.