Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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For Oscar Nominations, 'Choice' is Clear
- Posted: January 29, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, FairVote
We here at FairVote are probably a little more interested in the Oscars than most think tanks in DC. Sure, we like movies as much as anyone else, but there's one aspect of the awards that particularly sparks our interest: the Academy's voting system!
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Portland Charter Commission Recommends IRV
- Posted: January 29, 2010
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
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Oscar Blog Focuses on New Instant Runoff Voting System
- Posted: January 28, 2010
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, FairVote
Hollywood meets election reform as FairVote launches a new blog focused on the Academy Awards' new instant runoff voting system for Best Picture. "Oscar Votes 1-2-3" (http://oscarvotes123.com) is the nation's primary website to analyze the Oscars from the perspective of its newly-adopted preferential voting system for Best Picture. The site will also have information about the similar "choice voting" system of preferential voting used for decades for most Oscar nominations.
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San Leandro goes with ranked-choice voting system
- Posted: January 21, 2010
- Author(s): Jason Sweeney
- Publication: Oakland Tribune
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
After a much-anticipated vote, ranked-choice voting is a go in San Leandro.
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IRV on its Way to San Leandro
- Posted: January 20, 2010
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Electoral Votes
- Posted: January 13, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home, FairVote
Two years ago today, Gov. Corzine signed into law New Jersey's participation in the National Popular Vote plan.
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Consider shifting spring elections to fall
- Posted: January 13, 2010
- Publication: Capital Times
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
"Instant-runoff voting is working in communities across the country, including San Francisco and Burlington, Vt., and has tremendous potential to democratize our politics."
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Virginia's ballot-box disgrace
- Posted: January 13, 2010
- Publication: Washington Post
- Categories: Felon Disenfranchisement, Home, FairVote
Washington Post editorial comes out forcefully in favor of overturning Virginia's restrictions on felons' voting rights, which it calls "nothing short of a scandal."
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Democrats to Shepherd States in Primaries?
- Posted: January 13, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Home, FairVote, Presidential Nominations Reform
A new interview reveals that the DNC Change Commission is recommending that presidential primaries go regional.
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The Value of IRV to the GOP
- Posted: January 12, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
The rise of the Tea Party movement could spell trouble for Republicans due to plurality rules in elections. As many progressives embraced IRV after the Nader-Gore split, so should the GOP take a serious look at backing instant runoff voting.