FairVote Blog
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Overseas Voters from 5 States to Use Ranked Choice Voting Ballots in 2014 Congressional Election
The best way to make sure the votes of overseas and military voters will count is for more cities to adopt the ranked choice ballots. This sensible, simple and innovative process protects the voting rights of thousands.
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New York Says Yes to Fair Presidential Elections
by Andrea Levien // April 16, 2014 //New York's passage of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact leaves us 61% of the way to presidential elections in which every vote is equal.
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FairVote Survey Shows Support for Takoma Park Voting Reforms
by Rob Richie // April 11, 2014 //An exit survey conducted by FairVote demonstrates that Takoma Park's bold new voting laws have widespread support among voters.
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Montgomery County Task Force Makes Waves for Local Voting Rights
With the release of its interim report on February 24th, the task force has set ambitious goals for the county’s elections, including adopting automatic voter registration, preventing partisan redistricting, improving civic outreach, bolstering voter turnout, and expanding civic education programs. The group has also announced plans to explore expanded suffrage for youths and people with felony convictions, ways to reduce wait times at the polls, and more inclusive ballot access laws.
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Big New York Win for National Popular Vote Drive to Reform (Not Abolish!) Electoral College
by Andrea Levien, Rob Richie // April 4, 2014 //With resounding wins in both chambers of the New York State Legislature, the National Popular Vote movement has further demonstrated its strong bipartisan support.
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Everything's Bigger in Texas: Turnout Should Follow Suit
by Patricia Hart // March 26, 2014 //Turnout in Texas' March 4th primary elections was abysmal - as usual.
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Ranked Choice Voting Ensures Fair Representation in Tasmania
by Kevin Werner // March 20, 2014 //Tasmanian House of Assembly elections have been decided using ranked choice voting in multi-member districts for over 100 years. This year's contest once again demonstrated the value of such systems for ensuring fair representation for voters of all stripes, even as a significant shift in power occurred.
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Monopoly Politics Blog Series: Reflections on Florida 13
by Devin McCarthy // March 19, 2014 //Ignore claims about the broader implications of the special election in Florida 13 for Obamacare or the campaigning abilities of the major parties. It all came down to district partisanship.
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Italy's Renzi Pledges to Reform Electoral Law
by Matthew Bugajski // March 11, 2014 //Italy's new Prime Minister has promised changes, but are they in the interest of improving Italian democracy?
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Students Laud Ranked Choice Voting in Georgetown University Election
by Devin Mitchell, Ben Petit // March 5, 2014 //Georgetown elected its GUSA president using ranked choice voting last week, a system the school has used since 2006.