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Virginia Redistricting: Part II
- Posted: April 13, 2011
- Author(s): Matt Morris, Rob Richie
- Categories: Home
The Virginia State legislature also must re-draw their district lines to reflect census data. See how many more voters would have competitive choice and fair representation with multi-member districts and proportional voting.
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New Jersey Redistricting: A Better Method
- Posted: April 11, 2011
- Author(s): Dean Searcy
- Categories: Home, FairVote
States around the country are plunging into the famed "political thicket" of redistricting. States having to move the fastest are those like New Jersey that this year will hold state legislative elections in their new plan. With winner-take-all rules, the impact of how lines are drawn is enormously point - that's why FairVote suggests giving more power to voters and less power to mapmakers through adoption of forms of proportional voting. New Jersey's state legislative districts provide a good example.
New Jersey's Apportionment Commission is a bipartisan body which is responsible for appointing the state's 40 legislative districts following a census every ten years. Each state legislative district elects one state senator and two state assembly members. After the usual
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Local elections in France: Revealing rehearsal before 2012 presidential elections
- Posted: April 8, 2011
- Author(s): Wael Abdel Hamid
- Categories: Europe, Home, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
On March 20 and 27, French voters elected their local representatives. These representatives (general counselors) are chosen town-by-town, and gather by departments and elect their president to represent their fellow voters at the regional level. In other words, French local elections are a relatively minor step in the electoral calendar that will bring France to vote for its president in May 2012.
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"Arab Spring": Adoption of proportional representation key goal for reformers
- Posted: April 4, 2011
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, FairVote
The first months of 2011 will go down in history for the remarkable "Arab Spring" movement for democracy. Nonviolent protests by young men and women have led to a string of dictatorial regimes falling or are tottering, including Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen. Protests have been grounded in a basic drive for democracy and freedom, but as nations turn toward having their first truly democratic elections, the details of how to run fair elections are of immense importance.
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Virginia Congressional Redistricting: A Better Method
- Posted: April 4, 2011
- Author(s): Matt Morris
- Categories: Home
After every census, states across the country must re-draw their congressional district lines to reflect the data. This often leads to gerrymandering, but a better alternative is to use multi-member districts with proportional voting. See an example.
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Arab Spring of Nations: what's next? -- Yemen: Troubles despite serious negotiations
- Posted: April 1, 2011
- Author(s): Wael Abdel Hamid, Arab Spring Series
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Middle East and Africa, Home, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
The Arab world is still in trouble. Revolutionary nations Tunisia and Egypt are struggling for a successful, peaceful and democratic transition. Other peoples, especially in Yemen, Jordan and Bahrain, are still fighting for change. In a blog series introduced on March 22 , I am focusing on what's going on in Arab countries at the center of change.
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Arab Spring of Nations: what's next? -- Tunisia: between hope and political instability
- Posted: March 25, 2011
- Author(s): Wael Abdel Hamid, Arab Spring Series
- Categories: Middle East and Africa, Home, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
The Arab world is still in trouble. Revolutionary nations Tunisia and Egypt are struggling for a successful, peaceful and democratic transition. Other peoples, especially in Yemen, Jordan and Bahrain, are still fighting for change. In a blog series introduced on March 22 , I am focusing on what's going on in Arab countries at the center of change.
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Arab Spring of Nations: what's next? -- The Egyptian Paradox
- Posted: March 22, 2011
- Author(s): Wael Abdel Hamid, Arab Spring Series
- Categories: Middle East and Africa, Home, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
The Arab world is still in trouble. Revolutionary nations Tunisia and Egypt are struggling for a successful, peaceful and democratic transition. Other peoples, especially in Yemen, Jordan and Bahrain, are still fighting for change.
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The Constitutional Right to Vote Blog: Assumptions
- Posted: March 21, 2011
- Author(s): , Jo McKeegan, Right to Vote Blog
- Categories: Right to Vote Amendment, Home, FairVote
You’ve heard the assumptions: Young people vote Democratic. So do unmarried women, African Americans, city-dwellers and people with felony convictions. Church-goers vote Republican, as do rich people, small business owners and soldiers. If you somehow fit into categories from each group, who knows, you may be a Libertarian or Green.
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Instant runoff progress from Hawaii to Maine
- Posted: March 10, 2011
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home
Instant runoff voting (IRV), the ranked choice voting system that upholds majority rule in multi-candidate races, keeps advancing. The Hawaii House of Representatives this week unanimously passed legislation to use IRV in county elections that currently are decided by plurality voting in the wake of controversial, low-plurality victories. Across the nation, the League of Women Voters of Maine, after a multi-year study, endorsed IRV election of candidates in single seat races. Meanwhile, we will see IRV races this year in cities like St. Paul (MN), Telluride (CO), Portland, ME) and San Francisco (CA). The Associated Press this week featured the role of IRV in the wide-open San Francisco race for mayor.