Content Authored by Rob Richie
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Runoff misery from New York City to Cary (NC) builds support for instant runoff voting
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Rob Richie - It's time to elect all U.S. senators
- Posted: September 4, 2009
- Author(s): , Rob Richie
- Publication: McClatchy Papers
- Categories: FairVote
In the wake of the death of Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts legislators are debating a change to allow the current Democratic governor to make a short-term appointment. Massachusetts should stand by its law. As Sen. Kennedy said in a May 2005 speech to Congress, "The vast majority of Americans' share our commitment to basic fairness. They agree that there must be fair rules, that we should not unilaterally abandon or break those rules in the middle of the game." -
It's time to elect all U.S. senators
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Diebold's End: Consolidation of two largest voting machine manufacturers shows the need to fix a broken election administration regime
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Florida Senate vacancy process a reminder of messiness of appointments
- Posted: August 27, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Right to Vote Amendment, U.S. Senate Vacancy Elections
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Sen. Ted Kennedy: A loss for the nation should not mean a loss for democracy
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Founding FairVote backer and Cincinnati legend Harris Weston dies
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Sarah Palin's resignation to reduce women governors to six
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Reforming Albany
- Posted: July 2, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Publication: New York Times
- Categories: FairVote
FairVote's Rob Richie responds in a letter to the editor making the case for proportional voting systems to bring substantive reform to New York's legislature. -
Delaware house votes 2 to 1 for National Popular Vote - 29th chamber in 18th state