Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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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. -
Can a 17-year-old register to vote? It depends
- Posted: September 30, 2009
- Author(s): Timm Herdt
- Publication: Ventura County Star
- Categories: FairVote
"Most Californians register to vote not because a political cause has touched their heart, but rather because they checked a box on a form at the Department of Motor Vehicles when they received or renewed their driver's license." -
E-Newsletter September 30, 2009
- Posted: September 30, 2009
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, FairVote
Features:
- A Big Month for IRV
- A World of Fair Representation
- Advances for Voting Rights in DC and NC
- National Recognition for Transparent Elections
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Auditor trying to discredit ranked choice
- Posted: September 28, 2009
- Author(s): Kelly Haughton
- Publication: The News Tribune
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Letter to the editor: Washington Local believes that the Pierce County Elections Department's Auditor is wasting taxpayer money by not refusing to use ranked choice voting. -
Democracy coalition and leading scholars embrace FairVote's vision
- Posted: September 28, 2009
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
FairVote is pleased to be a participant in the Strengthening our Nation’s Democracy (SOND) coalition that has brought together a remarkable gathering of the ‘democracy reform and civic engagement’ community.
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Giving teens a civic voice
- Posted: September 27, 2009
- Author(s): Ashley Holloway Foxx
- Publication: The Fayetteville Observer
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
In January, North Carolina will become the third state to implement FairVote-endorsed youth preregistration. -
Instant runoff voting (IRV) has come to the fore in Long Beach.
- Posted: September 26, 2009
- Author(s): Gautam Dutta
- Publication: Press-Telegram
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Letter to the editor: explains why Long Beach, FL would be better off with IRV rather than their current runoff system. -
St. Paul needs IRV
- Posted: September 17, 2009
- Publication: Minnesota Daily
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Editorial endorses ballot measure to bring instant runoff voting to St. Paul. -
Instant runoff election a model of transparency and verifiability
- Posted: September 17, 2009
- Author(s): Caleb Kleppner
- Publication: Aspen Times
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Whether you like IRV or hate IRV, Aspen's election was a model of transparency and verifiability, and American elections would be improved if they incorporated elements of Aspen's election. -
Special Edition: The Many Faces of Reform