Content Authored by Rob Richie
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Special interests upset with instant runoff voting in San Francisco - and broader lessons
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Obama's political team: Expediency over principle in "working" Electoral College rather than reforming it
- Posted: June 21, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign is already well underway. His early hires are the latest evidence of the negative effects of current state rules governing the Electoral College which force candidates to focus on a dwindling number of swing states -- and point to the value of adoption of the National Popular Vote plan for president.
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FairVote chair Krist Novoselic makes key point about rights of association in candidacy
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Instant Runoff Elections are a Vote for Civility
- Posted: June 17, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Publication: Yes! Magazine
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Fair Vote's Executive Director, Rob Richie, explains how IRV is greatly benefiting the election process of Burlington, Vermont. -
Instant runoff voting in Australia: Guest blogger Ben Raue
- Posted: June 16, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Asia and Oceania, Elections Worldwide
Former Australian Greens candidate Ben Raue writes on Australia's use of an instant runoff voting system in state and federal legislative elections, and the increased legitimacy and indepdence that IRV can provide to third parties.
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Brennan Center's new report on universal registration joins FairVote in highlighting Canadian model
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Washington, D.C. City council has chance to make D.C. a "beacon of democracy"
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Slamdunk win in Minnesota Supreme Court highlights big week for instant runoff voting
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Washington Post editorial: Sen. Roland Burris (D-Blago)
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Washington Post political reporters: Time to fix gubernatorial election analysis