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October Email Update
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New Zealand's capital city votes to keep choice voting
- Posted: September 29, 2008
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
New Zealand continues to show leadership in providing its voters with fair representation and meaningful ballot choices. After a three-week postal voting campaign, on September 27th the city of Wellington (the nation's capital and its second largest city) announced that a majority voted to keep the choice voting method of proportional representation for city council elections and instant runoff voting for its mayoral elections.
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General Election Registration Deadline Approaching
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Cincinnati to vote on proportional representation:
- Posted: September 20, 2008
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Cincinnati, Ohio will vote in November on bringing back the ranked choice voting form of proportional representation for city council elections.
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Primary Election Tomorrow
- Posted: September 8, 2008
- Categories: FairVote
The Rhode Island primary is tomorrow, September 9th. To find out where you vote, how long your polling place is open, and who you'll be deciding between, visit the Secretary of State's online Voter Information Center.
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FairVote RI August/September Update
- Posted: September 7, 2008
- Categories: FairVote
In just days Rhode Island will hold its primary election. In just over two months the nation votes on a new president, and Rhode Island will select its General Assembly. This year all eyes are on elections--andFairVote RIis pushing for reform. Things are also changing around the office, with a new director and a newly constituted Board of Advisors. Read on to find out how you can get informed and take action.
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Strong step forward for ranked choice voting
- Posted: September 2, 2008
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
On August 22, 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed into law SB 439, allowing all municipalities to adopt ranked ballots for overseas voters by ordinance when a primary occurs close to the general election.
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2008 Candidate Survey
- Posted: August 26, 2008
- Categories: FairVote
FairVote RI recently finished its 2008 Candidate Survey. Now it's possible to read up on what candidates for General Assembly in your district think about everything from single-party levers on ballots to the national popular vote. Click here to read the results.
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This Month's (August) SoS Spotlight
- Posted: August 13, 2008
- Categories: Democracy SOS Project, FairVote
“The children are our future.” Many people use this popular quote, but don’t take action to create educated voters for life.
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Universal Voter Registration and a Constitutional Right to Vote
- Posted: August 9, 2008
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
FairVote operates from a simple premise: we must find ways to ensure that all Americans have secure voting rights and every vote should matter.