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North Carolina uses Instant Runoff Voting for state, county-wide elections
- Posted: November 3, 2010
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting
This fall North Carolina held the first statewide general election with instant runoff voting (IRV) in the nation’s history to fill federal judge Jim Wynn’s vacancy in on the Court of Appeals. Three Superior Court vacancies were also filled with instant runoff voting. Initial results suggest that voters in the state handled IRV well.
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E-Newsletter August 6, 2010
- Posted: August 6, 2010
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, Home, FairVote
FairVote policy proposals for instant runoff voting (IRV) and the National Popular Vote plan (NPV) had a particularly big July. Massachusetts became the sixth state to enact NPV - see Rob Richie's commentary for YES magazine and Jules Leconte's review of the win and widepsread media coverage, including an oped from Michael Dukakis. Charter comissions in Maine's biggest city (Portland) and Tennessee's biggest county (Shelby) voted overwhelmingly to place IRV on the november ballot, while the preliminary report of New York City's charter commission recommended IRV for mayor, as backed by Rob Richie in the New York Times. New jurisdictions holding IRV elections this year include Oakland (mayor) and North Carolina (three judicial elections), while FairVote's Cathy Le explains Australia's upcoming national IRV election. An oped by FairVote's Alec Slatky calling for IRV in Alabama primaries drew interest from political leaders, while Politico also ran a Slatky-Richie oped on IRV... Read more
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California's Proposition 14: Weaknesses and Remedies
- Posted: August 5, 2010
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Patrick Withers
- Categories: Home
FairVote analyzes the policy and legal ramifications of Proposition 14 (The "Top Two Primaries Act") In California and gives recommendations of ways to roll back some of its worst effects by statute.
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Why FairVote Opposes California's Prop 14 - But Seeks Reform
- Posted: April 16, 2010
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home
FairVote opposes California Prop. 14, but believes in reforming the system.
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Lessons from Burlington
- Posted: March 4, 2010
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
FairVote executive director Rob Richie reviews the recent IRV repeal referendum in Burlington, VT.
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International Snapshot: Japan 2009
- Posted: November 24, 2009
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune, Rob Richie
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Asia and Oceania, International Elections, FairVote, All Reports
The Japanese parliamentary elections in August 30, 2009 marked a turning point in Japan’s political history. Since 1955, Japan has been dominated by one party, with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as the governing party for all but 11 months. But in these elections the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) defeated the LDP, winning 308 seats to 109 for the LDP in the 480-seat House of Representatives.
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Voting Equipment and the Way Elections Are Run
- Posted: November 7, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Publication: New York Times
- Categories: Research & Analysis, FairVote
Rob Richie's letter to the editor on the dangers of the consolidation of the voting equipment industry -- placed in contrast to one of the leaders of that same industry.
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IRV and Choice Voting on Election Day 2009: Wins, Losses and the Long-Term Trajectory
- Posted: November 6, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home
November 3rd highlighted controversies about multi-candidate races and non-majority winners in key races for governor in New Jersey and U.S. House in New York, drawing high-profile attention to instant runoff voting (IRV) as a solution, including in a widely-published oped by FairVote board member John B. Anderson and my comments on The Hill's "Big Question". The elections also brought direct advances for IRV, although with disappointments as well.
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Ballot measure results in for Aspen and Pierce County
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Live blogging the 2009 elections... some races we're following tonight