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Ranked Choice Party List: Raising the Threshold in Israel Without Hurting Arab Israelis
- Posted: January 13, 2014
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Middle East and Africa, International Elections, Home, Elections Worldwide
Proposals to raise the threshold of election in Israel's proportional representation system have proved controversial. Our innovative ranked choice proposal could remove that controversy.
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Voting Reform, for the Sports World
- Posted: January 7, 2014
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home
Have you ever thought that the structure of a sport was unfair to your favorite team or player? Then this website might be for you.
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Did Lincoln Deliver the Gettysburg Address Because Pennsylvania Was a Swing State?
- Posted: December 23, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Presidential Elections, Home
The greatest speech in American history may only have come into being because the Battle of Gettysburg took place in a battleground state.
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Ranked Choice Voting Vs. Block Voting: The Effects of Electoral Structure in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Posted: December 20, 2013
- Author(s): Andrew Douglas
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Research & Analysis, Home, FairVote
Ballot data from November's Cambridge City Council election can be used to simulate a vote using block voting, the most common method for the election of city councils in the United States. The results illustrate the value of the Cambridge system for ensuring fair representation of political and ethnic minority groups.
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The Role of Ranked Choice Voting in 2013
- Posted: November 29, 2013
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Drew Spencer
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Reforms, Research & Analysis, Home, FairVote
If you followed the local elections and the special elections that took place in 2013, you probably heard some stories about ranked choice voting - and there's a good chance they were positive.
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Did the California Citizens Redistricting Commission Really Create More Competitive Districts?
- Posted: November 26, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Congressional Elections, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, Redistricting
California's independent redistricting process ousted a lot of incumbents in 2012, but that competitiveness is unlikely to persist in 2014.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts Voters Elect City Council and School Committee Using Ranked Choice Voting and Multi-Member Districts
- Posted: November 22, 2013
- Author(s): Andrew Douglas
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Research & Analysis, Home, FairVote
Voters in Cambridge, Massachusetts elected a new city government earlier this month, using ranked choice voting in multi-member districts as they have in every municipal election since 1941. This year's contest provides another illustration of the advantages of this system, including fair representation of minorities, reduced negative campaigning, and greater voter satisfaction.
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FairVote's Bold Congressional Reform Agenda Gathers Support
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Monopoly Politics 2014 and the Fair Voting Solution
- Posted: November 7, 2013
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Congressional Elections, Home
FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2014 and the Fair Voting Solution report includes projections for every district in the country in the 2014 midterm House elections, in-depth analysis of the problems with American congressional elections as they are, and our 50-state plan for electing Congress under a fair representation voting system that could be enacted by Congress.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts Elections a Model for America
- Posted: November 1, 2013
- Author(s): Andrew Douglas
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Research & Analysis, Home, Elections Worldwide
Cambridge, Massachusetts will elect a new City Council and School Committee on Tuesday through one of the nation's only ranked choice multi-seat electoral systems. The system has unique advantages that lead to fairer and more representative outcomes for the city's voters.