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The Nation's Katrina Vanden Heuvel Congratulates FairVote's 'Sweet Victories'
- Posted: January 8, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: U.S. Senate Vacancy Elections, Home, FairVote
FairVote got a very flattering shout-out from Nation editor Katrina Vanden Heuvel in her blog today.
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Judge approves plan for June trustee election
- Posted: January 8, 2010
- Author(s): Jananne Abel
- Publication: Port Chester Westmore News
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, Cumulative Voting, FairVote
Port Chester will use an at-large cumulative voting system to elect its trustees in 2010: “I think that all parties worked very well and very hard together to come up with a novel approach to a cumulative voting program,” said Randolph McLaughlin . . . a Pace University Law School professor. “The voter education program we put together is a model for the rest of the country.”
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Super No More
- Posted: January 7, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Home, FairVote, Presidential Nominations Reform
The Democratic National Committee's Change Commission, charged with finding ways to improve and reform the party's presidential nomination process, has released its recommendations, and while they are not nearly as sweeping as we would prefer, there is one particular change that will further democratize the process--should the party adopt the recommendations.
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Rhode Island Legislature Overrides Electoral Reform Vetoes
- Posted: January 6, 2010
- Categories: U.S. Senate Vacancy Elections, Universal Voter Registration, Home
The Rhode Island State Senate and House of Representatives yesterday voted to override two gubernatorial vetoes of landmark electoral reform legislation, thereby enacting FairVote-initiated measures allowing voter pre-registration for 16 and 17-year-olds and mandating popular elections to fill all U.S. Senate vacancies.
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Oakland Set to Use IRV in 2010
- Posted: January 6, 2010
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
The Oakland (CA) City Council voted on January 5 to adopt instant runoff voting for its mayoral and council elections in 2010, enacting a ballot measure won with 69% and foregoing its traditional low-turnout June elections. Alameda County's elections department deserves great credit for preparing to use IRV, as does the New America Foundation, Caliornians for Electoral Reform and an impressive array of community groups. Berkeley is expected to join Bay Area neighbors Oakland and San Francisco in IRV elections this November.
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Rhode Island Enacts FairVote-Backed Electoral Reforms
- Posted: January 6, 2010
- Categories: U.S. Senate Vacancy Elections, Home, FairVote
Rhode Island's state legislature on January 5 voted by overwhelming margins to override gubernatorial vetoes of measures establishing voter pre-registration for 16 and 17-year-olds and popular elections to fill all U.S. Senate vacancies. FairVote Rhode Island was the catalyst for these important reform victories.
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Oakland OKs IRV
- Posted: January 6, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Home, FairVote
The city council of Oakland, California overwhelmingly voted on January 5 to adopt instant runoff voting for its mayoral and council elections next year. Voting 6-2, the council is enacting a 2006 voter-approved mandate to implement the reform, a measure that won 69% support.
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Utah Commission Endorses Automatic Registration
- Posted: December 9, 2009
- Categories: Home, Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
The Governor's Commission on Strengthening Utah's Democracy today unanimously recommended FairVote.
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Youth Voter Pre-Registration News
- Posted: November 30, 2009
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: Home, Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
The past few weeks have brought us a lot of voter registration news that shows that we are moving closer and closer to a system of universal voter registration.