FairVote Blog
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An Electoral Race to Parity: Reflecting on Christine Quinn's Defeat
by Dania N. Korkor // September 27, 2013 //The New York City primary election reflects the lack of gender parity in American elections.
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Republican Food Stamp Defectors Driven by Partisanship
by Devin McCarthy // September 20, 2013 //Another contentious House vote; another outcome determined by the partisanship of congressional districts.
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Ranked Choice Voting and Australia's Upcoming Elections: A Primer
by Andrew Douglas // August 30, 2013 //In September 7th's Australian national election, ranked choice voting will allow voters to choose from a wide range of electoral options while eliminating concerns over "spoilers" and wasted votes.
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Zimbabwe: Fairer Election Methods, but Trouble at the Polls
by Andrew Douglas, Matt Sommerfeld // August 19, 2013 //The addition of proportionally allocated seats in Zimbabwe's parliament is a positive development, but one that has been overshadowed by concerns over the legitimacy of recent elections.
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The Case for Ranked Choice Ballots for Military and Overseas Voters
by Drew Spencer // August 14, 2013 //States and local jurisdictions that use runoff elections with sequential balloting seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to respecting the votes of their deployed military and other absentee voters. Ranked choice voting gives these places the best of both worlds.
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Moderates Nearly Extinct in the U.S. House
by Andrew Douglas // August 7, 2013 //While many Americans describe themselves as ideological moderates, centrists have become increasingly rare in the House of Representatives, where their decline has contributed to congressional dysfunction and polarization. The pace of the decline of House moderates over the last forty years has been remarkable.
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Choice Voting vs. The Challengers: The Irish Convention on the Constitution Decides
by Robert Fekete, Devin McCarthy // August 7, 2013 //The Irish Constitutional Convention was tasked with finding the best electoral system for Ireland, and all options were on the table. They decided to stick with the choice voting form of fair representation, with only 3 percent preferring U.S.-style single-member districts.
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UnFairVote: Voting Wrongs in North Carolina and the Need for a Constitutional Amendment
by Mollie Hailey // July 26, 2013 //If HB 589 goes into effect, it will be a huge step backwards for voters in North Carolina.
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Our South Carolina Independent Redistricting Plan Exposes the Problem of Winner-Take-All
by Robert Fekete // July 26, 2013 //Independent redistricting only makes marginal improvements to South Carolina's uncompetitive and distorted congressional elections. Fair representation voting is a better solution.
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House Abortion Vote Reflects Anti-Crossover Trend
by Matt Sommerfeld // July 12, 2013 //The June 18th vote in the U.S. House on abortion law reflects a trend towards increased polarization and a decline in crossover voting in the House. This analysis looks at which Members voted against their party's majority and compares the vote to a 1993 vote on abortion law.