Content Authored by Krist Novoselic
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A Brief History of Ranked Choice Voting
- Posted: August 26, 2015
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Categories: Home
Ranked choice voting is not a new idea. It is constitutionally protected and has a long history in our nation. The reform is reemerging as an alternative to the two round voting use in non-partisan municipal election, and it can also work in partisan elections.
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The Chairman's Corner: FairVote reforms featured in Mann-Ornstein book
- Posted: May 31, 2012
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, Home
Krist Novoselic has been chairman of the board at FairVote since 2008. He first became politically active while playing bass for the band Nirvana in the early 1990s. Novoselic published his book "Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy" in 2004 and joined the FairVote board in 2005. This is the first of The Chairman's Corner series.
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PR Proposal For California: Interview with Michael Latner
- Posted: October 26, 2011
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Prof. Michael S. Latner recently published a paper this year on proportional representation in California. He summarized the importance of replacing winner-take-all with a fair voting system: "This speaks to the question of genuine reform versus sort of superficial reform. If we had moderate Republicans elected from the most populous areas of the state and more moderate Democrats coming from central valley and the mountain regions, then you would see a genuine change in the partisan composition of the legislature; because they would be representing people who right now aren’t being represented in the legislature. It would be more genuine reform."
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Dawning Digital Democracy
- Posted: August 12, 2011
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home
If we see the new forms of association as a movement itself, then we are at the beginning of that rare moment of change.
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By Any Other Name - It's A Party
- Posted: June 29, 2011
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
It’s only a matter of time when the right combination of political message and social networking will capture the imagination of enough people to bring in a successful new party to American politics. And it will happen, in part, when this group admits that they are actually a political party!
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Who Will Own the Millennial Vote?
- Posted: November 24, 2010
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Categories: Home, FairVote
1992 was a big year for me. My band Nirvana not only had a number one record, we were credited for transforming rock music itself. There was not only a musical realignment that year; young people, a coveted demographic, were also paying attention to the presidential election...
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The Next Step Beyond Honor and Sanity?
- Posted: November 1, 2010
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, FairVote
Moving beyond rhetoric and labels, Krist Novoselic, FairVote's Board Chair, discusses ways to reinvigorate the political system.
Krist writes: "We’ve seen voters coalesce around a celebrity candidate, but we could very well soon see a celebrity-initiated new party."
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Burlington's Has Second Highly Successful Ranked Choice Voting Election
- Posted: March 3, 2009
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Publication: Seattle Weekly
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
FairVote Board Chair Krist Novoselic on Bulington's instant runoff voting election for mayor. -
Ranked Choice Voting on Ballot Again in Pierce County
- Posted: February 13, 2009
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Publication: Seattle Weekly
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Krist Novoselic talks about the upcoming IRV ballot measure in Pierce County. -
A Free and Fair Vote Gives Power to the People
- Posted: August 18, 2008
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Publication: The Seattle Weekly
- Categories: Cumulative Voting, FairVote
Blogpost from FairVote Chair Krist Novoselic advocates cumulative voting for Washington State.