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Big New York Win for National Popular Vote Drive to Reform (Not Abolish!) Electoral College
- Posted: April 4, 2014
- Author(s): Andrea Levien, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Home
With resounding wins in both chambers of the New York State Legislature, the National Popular Vote movement has further demonstrated its strong bipartisan support.
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New York Legislature Backs National Popular Vote
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FairVote Ideas Draw Media Attention
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Ranked Choice Voting Ensures Fair Representation in Tasmania
- Posted: March 20, 2014
- Author(s): Kevin Werner
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Asia and Oceania, Research & Analysis, Home, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
Tasmanian House of Assembly elections have been decided using ranked choice voting in multi-member districts for over 100 years. This year's contest once again demonstrated the value of such systems for ensuring fair representation for voters of all stripes, even as a significant shift in power occurred.
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Monopoly Politics Blog Series: Reflections on Florida 13
- Posted: March 19, 2014
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Home
Ignore claims about the broader implications of the special election in Florida 13 for Obamacare or the campaigning abilities of the major parties. It all came down to district partisanship.
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Students Laud Ranked Choice Voting in Georgetown University Election
- Posted: March 5, 2014
- Author(s): Devin Mitchell, Ben Petit
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home
Georgetown elected its GUSA president using ranked choice voting last week, a system the school has used since 2006.
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FairVote on the 2014 Election Season
- Posted: March 4, 2014
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Home, FairVote
Texas kicks of the 2014 election season this week with state and congressional primaries. Nationwide, every House seat, most governors and a third of U.S .Senators will be elected this November - yet only two in five eligible voters will likely participate.
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Key Facts About Texas Primary Elections on March 4
- Posted: March 4, 2014
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, Congressional Elections, Home
Voter turnout has been consistently poor in recent elections, particularly in primaries. In the 2012 primaries, Texas turnout was a dismally low 16% of registered voters. We can reverse that trend by taking it upon ourselves to vote. Texas’s congressional and state primaries tomorrow are a good place to start.
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In Fractured Oscar Field, Ranked Choice Voting Elects the Real Best Picture
- Posted: February 28, 2014
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Rob Richie
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home
Ranked choice voting is the best way to select the Best Picture at the Oscars. This year's close race is a great example of why it matters.
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Would Frank Underwood still have been in office in 2013? No, probably not.
- Posted: February 27, 2014
- Author(s): Andrea Levien
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Home
Netflix's House of Cards can leave viewers with a lot of questions. One we've been asking at FairVote is, "How on earth is Frank Underwood, a white Southern Democrat, still in office in 2013?"