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Celebrating Democracy Day on March 23: Curriculum from Rock the Vote and FairVote
- Posted: March 10, 2011
- Author(s): Loqmane Jamil
- Categories: Home, FairVote
Beginning on March 23rd, students across the country will have the chance to learn about something that many of us take for granted - and not enough of us exercise - our right to vote.
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The Right to Vote Blog: The Root Cause of Maryland Voter Registration Failures
- Posted: March 4, 2011
- Author(s): , Jo McKeegan, Right to Vote Blog
- Categories: Right to Vote Amendment, Universal Voter Registration, Home
What if you thought you had gone through the process of making sure you could vote, but later were denied the chance to do so on Election Day?
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Experts advise Proportional representation for successful transition in Arab world
- Posted: February 25, 2011
- Author(s): Wael Abdel Hamid
- Categories: Middle East and Africa, Home, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
2011 is a period of changes for the Arab world as many revolts have burst within its main countries, starting with Egypt and Tunisia. As these nations move toward their first truly free and fair elections, it will be important to implement reforms in order to ensure a peaceful and democratic transition in their societies. On this subject, political experts agree that forms of proportional representation would be a good option for Egypt in particular and, for Arab democracies in general - just as proportional voting was important in such nations as South Africa, Brazil and every nation in Eastern Europe as they moved toward free and fair elections in the 1980s and 1990s.
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National Popular Vote plan: Advances mark 5-year anniversary
- Posted: February 24, 2011
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home, FairVote
Five years ago, on Feb. 23, 2011, FairVote's Rob Richie and John Anderson joined other founders of the National Popular Vote plan for presidential elections for a National Press Club news conference announcing the proposal. Since then, six states (and Washington, D.C) have adopted the plan and nearly a third of state legislative chambers have passed it. More than 2,000 state legislators have voted for it or sponsored it in their states.
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Oscar Stars Back UK's Referendum on IRV
- Posted: February 18, 2011
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Reforms, Home, FairVote
The British have a chance to reject their U.S.-style electoral system in favor of instant runoff voting (called "the alternative vote", or AV in the United Kingdom). Legislation to establish a May 5th national referendum cleared parliament this week, and polls show IRV can win. Britain has had a large rise in third party voting in recent decades, and IRV is a sensible step toward better accommodating voter choice and avoiding the "spoiler" controversy.
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The Constitutional Right To Vote Blog:The Debate over Voter Identification at the Polls: Expanding our Vision
- Posted: February 14, 2011
- Author(s): , Rob Richie, Right to Vote Blog
- Categories: Right to Vote Amendment, Home, FairVote
The right to vote is at the heart of representative democracy. Upholding that right requires that every eligible voter should have easy access to voting, every vote should be tallied accurately and no ineligible vote should be cast. Both limiting access to voting and allowing fraudulent votes undercut determination of the "consent of the governed."
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The FairVote Reformer: February 2011
- Posted: February 14, 2011
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, Home, FairVote
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Gerrymander 2011: Resources and Reform
States and localities are starting to receive the U.S. Census data they will use to redraw legislative districts in the coming year. Unfortunately, our nation's reliance upon winner-take-all elections and on single member districts for Congressional elections without national standards has left our voting process open to partisan gerrymandering. Legislators and their political allies quite literally choose their voters before voters choose them. But reformers are active in the states, and there’s legislation in Congress. Here are key resources.
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Electoral College Distortions: "Winner" could lose popular vote by a landslide
- Posted: February 7, 2011
- Author(s): Matt Morris
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home
Could Obama have won with less than 25% of the popular vote? Under the current system of the Electoral College, this scenario is plausible.
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Instant Runoff Voting for Best Picture: What you need to know
- Posted: February 2, 2011
- Author(s): Fairvote Intern Team
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
With nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards announced on January 25, Academy voters will soon begin sending in their final ballots for tabulation. Journalists covering the awards should be aware of the use of Instant Runoff Voting (also called “preferential voting”) to select the winner of the Best Picture category.