Content Categorized with "Fair Voting/Proportional Representation"
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The simple solution is to vote
- Posted: October 14, 2009
- Author(s): Brian Hicks
- Publication: The Post and Courier
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Mount Pleasant Mayoral candidates aren't happy with the electoral system, with three candidates, it is likely the winner will win with less than a majority. IRV could help places like Mount Pleasant come out with a clear majority if they would adopt -
Independent Voters Have Little Voice In Congress; Isn't It Time to Change That?
- Posted: October 10, 2009
- Author(s): Joe Rothstein
- Publication: U.S. Politics Today
- Categories: Democracy SOS Project, Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
The voiceless population and what we can do to give independents and 3rd parties a chance to speak. -
Doing the Deed of Democracy
- Posted: October 1, 2009
- Author(s): Deirdre Helfferich
- Publication: The Ester Republic
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Fairbanks Borough should adopt IRV so that we can raise voter turnout and gain a candidate elected by the majority of the people. -
Lowell (MA) to Bring Choice Voting to the Ballot
- Posted: August 28, 2009
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
This November, voters in Lowell (MA) will have the opportunity to improve the city’s voting system with proportional voting. The city Election Office announced yesterday that a question regarding choice voting, a form of proportional representation, will be on the Lowell city ballot in the upcoming elections.
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Hyperpartisanship as a Product of a Zero-Sum System
- Posted: July 28, 2009
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation
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Choice Voting on the Red Carpet
- Posted: June 25, 2009
- Author(s): Forrest Barnum
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation
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Choice Voting: A Short Operational Primer
- Posted: June 17, 2009
- Author(s): Forrest Barnum
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation
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Instant Runoff Elections are a Vote for Civility
- Posted: June 17, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Publication: Yes! Magazine
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Fair Vote's Executive Director, Rob Richie, explains how IRV is greatly benefiting the election process of Burlington, Vermont. -
Choice Voting, List Voting, and Piracy in Europe
- Posted: June 10, 2009
- Author(s): Forrest Barnum
- Categories: Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Elections Worldwide
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Fixing City Hall: Charter committee begins look at overhauling local government
- Posted: May 21, 2009
- Publication: News Review
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
A Sacramento Charter Review Committee is looking at both instant runoff voting and proportional representation as possible chang