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Election 2010 and Ranked Choice Voting
- Posted: November 12, 2010
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home
Election 2010 was a remarkable one for the instant runoff voting form of ranked choice voting (RCV). This first use was a major facor in the first-ever election of an Asian American woman to be mayor of a major American city. PBS Evening News Hour with Jim Lehrer profiles the Oakland election with ranked choice voting -- see the program here.
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FairVote on Election 2010
- Posted: November 2, 2010
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Reforms, Home, FairVote
Some 40% of eligible voters are expected at the polls for this election. FairVote is closely tracking its reform priorities, such as a first-ever statewide general election with instant runoff voting (also known as ranked-choice voting) in North Carolina, but also provides a range of perspectives and information through its blog and twitter accounts. We're also pleased to see support for our reforms from the likes of former Vermont governor Howard Dean.
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E-Newsletter November 2, 2010
- Posted: November 2, 2010
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, Home, FairVote
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Live Blogging from the polls in DC
- Posted: November 2, 2010
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, Home, FairVote
Election Day is here! Amy Ngai, Director of Program for Representative Government at FairVote, is working the polls in DC.
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The Next Step Beyond Honor and Sanity?
- Posted: November 1, 2010
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, FairVote
Moving beyond rhetoric and labels, Krist Novoselic, FairVote's Board Chair, discusses ways to reinvigorate the political system.
Krist writes: "We’ve seen voters coalesce around a celebrity candidate, but we could very well soon see a celebrity-initiated new party."
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Voting, It's as Easy as 1-2-3 (for some)
- Posted: October 28, 2010
- Author(s): Amy Ngai
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
Many voters, not kindergarteners, will be employing their basis counting skills come Election Day. That’s because a number of jurisdictions across the country have adopted Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) also known as ranked choice voting for electing local (and even statewide) offices.
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Discovering Better Ways of Voting
- Posted: October 11, 2010
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, National Popular Vote, Home
Americans continue to improve their democracy. New contributions include ideas on changing traditional, "vote for one", winner-take-all elections. North Carolina and cities like Oakland (CA) are using instant runoff voting this November. A new movie on Gerrymandering highlights problems with the status quo and suggests proportional voting as a long-term solution.
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Federal Election Integrity Act Coming to a House Vote
- Posted: September 28, 2010
- Author(s): , Jo McKeegan
- Categories: Home
Even the most die-hard Yankee’s fan would see something wrong with Derek Jeter acting as umpire in a game he’s playing in as shortstop. HR 512, the Fair Election Integrity Act, is designed to prevent this in the context of American elections.
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Virginia Governor takes action to improve voting rights
- Posted: September 28, 2010
- Author(s): , Jo McKeegan
- Categories: Right to Vote Amendment, Felon Disenfranchisement, Home
The process of removing the right to vote from a person convicted of a crime was invented by the Romans and dubbed “civil death”. It is a process that several states in America still implement today, grounded in the disturbing fact that the U.S. Constitution does not provide a citizenship right to vote.
In most states, a person who has completed serving a felony conviction is allowed to register to vote. Other states restrict this right, and in a few remaining states like Virginia, this punishment is a lifelong ban unless a waiver is granted by the governor. Anyone moving into such a state with a past felony conviction will be breaking the law if they vote, even if coming from a state where they had full suffrage rights.
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IRV spotlighted by Maddow, upheld by federal judge, moves forward in NC
- Posted: September 14, 2010
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home
The first weeks of September saw even more progress for instant runoff voting across the country. Read more about the latest developments in the courtroom, at the polls and on the airwaves.