Content Categorized with "Reforms"
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Proven Innovations to Uphold Voting Rights for Overseas Voters
- Posted: May 20, 2014
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Reforms, Home, FairVote
FairVote has just submitted written testimony to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration arguing for a fairer approach to accommodating the needs of deployed military and overseas voters.
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Open General Elections Deserve Support in Colorado
- Posted: May 6, 2014
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Reforms, Home, FairVote
On Tuesday, April 29th, a group of Colorado activists called The Coalition for a New Colorado Election System held a press conference to announce that it has begun collecting signatures for a new approach to election reform. This approach will both open the primaries to independent voters while simultaneously opening the general election to real electoral competition.
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The Role of Ranked Choice Voting in 2013
- Posted: November 29, 2013
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Drew Spencer
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Reforms, Research & Analysis, Home, FairVote
If you followed the local elections and the special elections that took place in 2013, you probably heard some stories about ranked choice voting - and there's a good chance they were positive.
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Top Two (With a Twist) for Oregon?
- Posted: October 18, 2013
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Reforms, Research & Analysis, Home, FairVote
In 2008, Oregon voters rejected a ballot initiative for a Top Two system by a nearly two-to-one vote. In 2014, Top Two may be back on the ballot, but this time tied to a famous Oregonian name and with a twist.
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Testimony on Importance of Strong Voting Rights Act
- Posted: July 18, 2013
- Author(s): Mollie Hailey
- Categories: Reforms, Research & Analysis, Home, Voting Rights
FairVote this week joined diverse organizations in affirming the continuing necessity of the fully implemented Voting Rights Act - the most critical piece of civil rights legislation.
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Help FairVote MN's Ranked Choice Voting Video Win Thousands of Dollars For Fairer Elections!
- Posted: May 15, 2013
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting in Bay Area Elections, Ranked Choice Voting, Reforms, Home
Today is the last day to show your support for ranked choice voting and FairVote Minnesota in the Looking@Democracy contest. Vote now!
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Takoma Park Promotes the Vote: Will More Cities, Campuses and Organizations Take Action?
- Posted: April 16, 2013
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Reforms, Felon Disenfranchisement, Voting Rights
Last night, the Takoma Park city council passed a charter amendment on first reading that, if approved when before the council again in the coming month, will be in the best tradition of cities and states leading the nation in advancing voting rights. It would establish same-day voter registration and extend voting rights to residents after they turn 16 and after incarceration. Here's why we think it's important.
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Getting a Real "Colbert Bump" for Women's Representation Takes Fair Voting Systems and Better Party Rules
- Posted: March 29, 2013
- Author(s): Patricia Hart, Rob Richie
- Categories: Reforms, Monopoly Politics 2012 Map
After voters in South Carolina rejected four women running as Democratic Party nominees in the 2012 congressional elections, the state in a special election this May again has a chance elect its first female House members since 1990. The likely continuation of an all-male delegation provides lessons for what it will take to achieve gender parity in Congress: a combination of gender-conscious party rules and fair voting methods.
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The Voting Rights Act, Jerome Gray and Fair Voting in Alabama
- Posted: March 8, 2013
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Reforms, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, Cumulative Voting, Voting Rights, FairVote
Among news coverage surrounding the upcoming landmark Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which will decide the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Jerome Gray has received partiuclar attention.. Gray has had a remarkable career as a community organizer, including helping to make sure fair voting systems were effective for African American voters.
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A Representative Congress: Enhancing African American Voting Rights in the South with Choice Voting
- Posted: November 27, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Drew Spencer
- Categories: Reforms, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Congressional Elections, Home, Redistricting, Voting Rights, FairVote
In southern states, racially polarized elections remain an active part of political life. Since 1965, the Voting Rights Act has guaranteed that African Americans in the South cannot be shut out of elections either through direct barriers to voting or through discriminatory districts that prevent the achievement of representation. However, relying on winner-take-all elections has inherent limitations. In the belt of southern states including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas, the use of districting to achieve a fairer level of representation for African Americans has hit a ceiling. To push through that ceiling and achieve truly fair representation, FairVote recommends abandoning the single-member district in favor of super districts elected by choice voting.