Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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New Mexico Redistricting: Super Districts for U.S. House
- Posted: May 24, 2011
- Author(s): Dean Searcy
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, Cumulative Voting, FairVote
When it comes to the complexities of redistricting, New Mexico is no exception. On May 14th, It's legislative leaders named an 18-member committee to work on the monumental task. In the past, several Congressional redistricting maps have ended up in the courts due to fights over partisanship and incumbent protection - leaving the judicial system to redraw the lines. In the 1960s, however, New Mexico elected its U.S. House seats at-large - and should do so again in a single "super district," but this time witih a proportional voting system providing fairer representation.
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Missouri Redistricting: Super-districts are Superior
- Posted: May 11, 2011
- Author(s): Dean Searcy
- Categories: Home, FairVote
On May 4th, the Missouri legislature voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of House Bill 193, a bill which would redraw state lines using the 2010 census. In an unexpected turn of events, seven Democrats joined with the Republicans in a 104-44 vote to override Gov. Nixon's veto and pass the new lines into law, the first occurrence of such an event in Missouri history.
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Richie's May 9th Democracy Minute: The Ever-Shrinking Presidential Battleground
- Posted: May 9, 2011
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: FairVote
Watch video on Vermont's enactment of the National Popular Vote bill and read analysis of the roots of problems with the current presidential election system. News on instant runoff and upcoming IRV elections in the United States.
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Richie's May 6th Democracy Minute: Dump "first past the post"!
- Posted: May 6, 2011
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: FairVote
Launching a campaign to end "first past the post" ..British referendum on alternative vote expected to uphold status quo…Florida legislature passes controversial voting measure...Redistricting: Gubernatorial veto of Missouri redistricting plan overturned, Utah Democrats back consideration of super district proportional plan...Republicans kick off presidential nomination debates, with problematic process looming.
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Richie's May 5th Democracy Minute: Pluralities, Majorities and Fair Representation
- Posted: May 5, 2011
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: FairVote, Richie's Democracy Minute
Fair voting according to cats (video) .... The impact of plurality rules versus majority rules ....California Top Two race on Tuesday reverses first-round outcome – a more democratic result that won’t be possible in Sept. 13th special election for U.S. House in Nevada. ..UK to vote for regional and local government with non winner-take-all voting methods, and could change method of election for House of Commons. ..Canadian elections remain under microscope. .. Redistricting and recount wars continue.
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Indiana: A Better Redistricting Plan with Super Districts
- Posted: May 5, 2011
- Author(s): Dean Searcy
- Categories: Home, FairVote
After much debate, a GOP Congressional redistricting plan was approved this past week by both the Indiana House and Senate. Despite the Republican Party's efforts to quell allegations of partisan gerrymandering, it is quite clear that partisanship has been a factor.
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Richie's May 3rd Democracy Minute
- Posted: May 3, 2011
- Author(s): , Rob Richie, Tom Sanchez, Right to Vote Blog
- Categories: FairVote, Richie's Democracy Minute
Richie's Democracy Minute for May 3rd looks at news from Canada's federal election, the upcoming alternative vote referendum in the United Kingdom, recounts and redistricting.
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Florida: Flashpoint in the Debate about Voter Fraud
- Posted: May 3, 2011
- Author(s): Dean Searcy
- Categories: Home, FairVote
Florida has joined Texas, Wisconsin, South Carolina, and Indiana among states either passing or seriously considering requiring a government-issued photo ID to be presented whenever any individual votes. Florida's House Bill 1355 and Senate Bill 2086 would: require all voters to present a government issued ID at the polls, mandate the use of provisional ballots if an eligible voter moves to another county, tighten rules on voter registration groups, and shortening the validity of voter signatures on citizen initiatives.
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Parity law adopted in Tunisia
- Posted: April 21, 2011
- Author(s): Wael Abdel Hamid, Arab Spring Series
- Categories: Middle East and Africa, Home, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
After the political revolution that struck their country earlier this year, Tunisians are now experiencing a genuine revolution of the mind. In an earlier blog post, I worried about the length of time the Tunisian interim government was taking to implement key measures .However, recent developments have eased my fears considerably.
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Vermont to Enter National Popular Vote Agreement
- Posted: April 21, 2011
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home, FairVote
Vermont's governor Peter Shumlin on April 22 will sign the National Popular Vote plan (NPV) for president, making his state the 8th state (counting Washington, D.C.) to enter this interstate agreement designed to guarantee that the candidate who wins the most votes in all 50 states and DC will become president.