FairVote Blog
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Arab Spring of Nations: what's next? -- Yemen: Troubles despite serious negotiations
by Wael Abdel Hamid, Arab Spring Series // April 1, 2011 //The Arab world is still in trouble. Revolutionary nations Tunisia and Egypt are struggling for a successful, peaceful and democratic transition. Other peoples, especially in Yemen, Jordan and Bahrain, are still fighting for change. In a blog series introduced on March 22 , I am focusing on what's going on in Arab countries at the center of change.
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Virginia Congressional Redistricting: A Better Method
by Matt Morris // April 4, 2011 //After every census, states across the country must re-draw their congressional district lines to reflect the data. This often leads to gerrymandering, but a better alternative is to use multi-member districts with proportional voting. See an example.
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Arab Spring of Nations: what's next? -- Tunisia: between hope and political instability
by Wael Abdel Hamid, Arab Spring Series // March 25, 2011 //The Arab world is still in trouble. Revolutionary nations Tunisia and Egypt are struggling for a successful, peaceful and democratic transition. Other peoples, especially in Yemen, Jordan and Bahrain, are still fighting for change. In a blog series introduced on March 22 , I am focusing on what's going on in Arab countries at the center of change.
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Arab Spring of Nations: what's next? -- The Egyptian Paradox
by Wael Abdel Hamid, Arab Spring Series // March 22, 2011 //The Arab world is still in trouble. Revolutionary nations Tunisia and Egypt are struggling for a successful, peaceful and democratic transition. Other peoples, especially in Yemen, Jordan and Bahrain, are still fighting for change.
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The Constitutional Right to Vote Blog: Assumptions
You’ve heard the assumptions: Young people vote Democratic. So do unmarried women, African Americans, city-dwellers and people with felony convictions. Church-goers vote Republican, as do rich people, small business owners and soldiers. If you somehow fit into categories from each group, who knows, you may be a Libertarian or Green.
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Celebrating Democracy Day on March 23: Curriculum from Rock the Vote and FairVote
by Loqmane Jamil // March 10, 2011 //Beginning on March 23rd, students across the country will have the chance to learn about something that many of us take for granted - and not enough of us exercise - our right to vote.
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The Right to Vote Blog: The Root Cause of Maryland Voter Registration Failures
What if you thought you had gone through the process of making sure you could vote, but later were denied the chance to do so on Election Day?
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Experts advise Proportional representation for successful transition in Arab world
by Wael Abdel Hamid // February 25, 2011 //2011 is a period of changes for the Arab world as many revolts have burst within its main countries, starting with Egypt and Tunisia. As these nations move toward their first truly free and fair elections, it will be important to implement reforms in order to ensure a peaceful and democratic transition in their societies. On this subject, political experts agree that forms of proportional representation would be a good option for Egypt in particular and, for Arab democracies in general - just as proportional voting was important in such nations as South Africa, Brazil and every nation in Eastern Europe as they moved toward free and fair elections in the 1980s and 1990s.
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The Constitutional Right To Vote Blog:The Debate over Voter Identification at the Polls: Expanding our Vision
The right to vote is at the heart of representative democracy. Upholding that right requires that every eligible voter should have easy access to voting, every vote should be tallied accurately and no ineligible vote should be cast. Both limiting access to voting and allowing fraudulent votes undercut determination of the "consent of the governed."
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Electoral College Distortions: "Winner" could lose popular vote by a landslide
by Matt Morris // February 7, 2011 //Could Obama have won with less than 25% of the popular vote? Under the current system of the Electoral College, this scenario is plausible.