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U.S. Senate Approves D.C. Vote
- Posted: February 26, 2009
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, FairVote
On Thursday, February 26, the U.S. Senate voted 61 to 37 in favor of the DC House Voting Rights Act (S. 160), but added a controversial amendment eliminating most of the District's strict gun control laws.
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National Popular Vote for President Re-introduced
- Posted: February 25, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
House Judiciary Chairman Donald Lally has re-introduced the House version of the national popular vote bill in the General Assembly, joining the identical Senate version introduced by Majority Leader Daniel Connors.
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Advances Mark National Popular Vote Anniversary
- Posted: February 23, 2009
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
On February 20, the New Mexico house passed National Popular Vote (NPV) legislation, making it the 23rd state legislative chamber to pass the bill in its short three-year history.
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States Take on Voter Registration Reform
- Posted: February 13, 2009
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
From Maryland to Hawaii, legislatures across the country are taking up legislation to improve our patchwork system of voter registration. Six states (AZ, CA, MI, RI, WA, MD) have introduced legislation that would set a uniform advance voter registration age of 16-years-old.
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Senate Vacancies Bill Picks up Steam
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FairVote on TV to Discuss National Popular Vote
- Posted: February 1, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
In January, FairVote RI Director Matt Sledge appeared on Operation Clean Government's "State of the State" program to discuss the National Popular Vote proposal to directly elect the president and vice-president.
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FairVote Oped in New York Times:
- Posted: January 25, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
David Segal, a FairVote analyst and Rhode Island legislator, has a commentary (a "must read" according to Rick Hasen in his election law blog) in the New York Times focused on the importance of electing U.S. Senate vacancies rather than allowing gubernatorial appointments.
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Direct elections for US Senate vacancies re-introduced
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Full Speed Ahead for IRV and choice voting in Minneapolis
- Posted: January 14, 2009
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
A county judge in Minnesota has sided on every legal issue with the city of Minneapolis and defendant intervenor FairVote Minnesota in a challenge against Minneapolis implementing instant runoff voting and choice voting for its elections this November.
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Electoral College Reform Gathers Steam, CSPAN Attention
- Posted: January 8, 2009
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
FairVote supports a national popular vote for president. Its executive director Rob Richie was a guest on C-SPAN's Washington Journal on January 8th for a debate on the Electoral College.