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• Louisiana's Cajun Primary: An Innovative Primary Undone by Electoral Stagnation

  • Posted: November 20, 2015
  • Author(s): Chris Hughes
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  Louisiana's innovative election system lacks true competition in practice, with most incumbents largely unopposed and unaccountable to voters. The Bayou State could promote the goals of majoritarian outcomes and real voter choice if it consolidated both elections with the use of ranked choice voting.

   

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• Rich Tradition of Minority Party Representation Continues in Pennsylvania and Connecticut

  • Posted: November 13, 2015
  • Author(s): Chris Hughes
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  This year on Election Day in towns, cities, and counties across Pennsylvania and Connecticut minority parties earned representation thanks to fair representation voting methods. The use of "limited voting" in these places, which has been in place for decades, continues to ensure more political diversity than we see in most American cities today.

   

   

   

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