Content Categorized with "National Popular Vote"
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Vermont to Enter National Popular Vote Agreement
- Posted: April 21, 2011
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home, FairVote
Vermont's governor Peter Shumlin on April 22 will sign the National Popular Vote plan (NPV) for president, making his state the 8th state (counting Washington, D.C.) to enter this interstate agreement designed to guarantee that the candidate who wins the most votes in all 50 states and DC will become president.
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Presidential Visits: Current Electoral College Rules Distort Attention
- Posted: April 20, 2011
- Author(s): Matt Morris, Rob Richie, Presidential Tracker
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, National Popular Vote, Home
Wonder why you never get to see the President? One reason may be that you don't live in a swing state. We know that presidential candidates concentrate their general election time and resources in the few states that can make or break their election. But it turns out that it's not so different once they get elected; a disproportionate amount of time is spent in those same states. One solution to this problem would be the National Popular Vote plan for president.
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National Popular Vote plan: Advances mark 5-year anniversary
- Posted: February 24, 2011
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home, FairVote
Five years ago, on Feb. 23, 2011, FairVote's Rob Richie and John Anderson joined other founders of the National Popular Vote plan for presidential elections for a National Press Club news conference announcing the proposal. Since then, six states (and Washington, D.C) have adopted the plan and nearly a third of state legislative chambers have passed it. More than 2,000 state legislators have voted for it or sponsored it in their states.
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Electoral College Distortions: "Winner" could lose popular vote by a landslide
- Posted: February 7, 2011
- Author(s): Matt Morris
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home
Could Obama have won with less than 25% of the popular vote? Under the current system of the Electoral College, this scenario is plausible.
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FairVote's Year in Reform: Progress on All Fronts
- Posted: December 22, 2010
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, National Popular Vote, Home
FairVote’s reform ideas had key victories in 2010, and, when used, made a real difference. We ask for your support in continuing our work!
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The Constitutional Right to Vote Blog: Bush v. Gore, Ten Years Later
- Posted: December 14, 2010
- Author(s): , Jo McKeegan, Right to Vote Blog
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Right to Vote Amendment, FairVote
Ten years ago, in December of 2000, the Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore. The case remains one of the more dividing litmus tests in American politics.
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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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Massachusetts Victory for National Popular Vote Creates Media Wave
- Posted: July 30, 2010
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home
The Massachusetts legislature passed National Popular Vote on July 27, with a 28-9 vote in the Senate and a 116-34 vote in the House.
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National Popular Vote passes Massachusetts state legislature
- Posted: July 30, 2010
- Author(s): Jules Leconte
- Categories: National Popular Vote
On July 27, the Massachusetts Senate approved the National Popular Vote plan for president by a 28-9 vote, three days after the final vote of the Massachusetts House passed it 116-34.
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Electoral College Reform Draws Support from Both Democrats and Republicans
- Posted: July 14, 2010
- Author(s): Jules Leconte
- Categories: National Popular Vote
"The National Popular Vote Initiative does not help one party or another. It just helps Americans in general."
– Illinois state Senator Kird Dillard (R), co-sponsor of a NPV bill.