Content Tagged with "Congressional Elections"
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Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)
- Posted: September 7, 2008
- Author(s): Jack E. Lohman
- Publication: throwtherascalsout.org
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Very good example of outreach message on instant runoff voting. -
An Elections Revolution
- Posted: May 27, 2008
- Author(s): Tony Marrero
- Publication: Hernando Today
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
A group of citizens are working together to let voters in the city of Brooksville (FL) decide if they'd like to use instant runoff voting for city elections. They are collecting 492 voters' signatures to put the new system on the ballot in November. -
Is the House of Representatives Too Small?
- Posted: May 14, 2008
- Author(s): Lee Drutman
- Publication: Miller-McCune
- Categories: FairVote
The U.S. House of Representatives has been at 435 members since 1911, when the country was a third of its current population. Research suggests that districts may now be getting too big for adequate representation. -
City Council considers moving voting day to Saturdays
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My view: Charter changes would inspire more voters
- Posted: February 10, 2008
- Author(s): John Otter
- Publication: Santa Fe New Mexican
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Local Santa Fe activist believes ranked choice voting and public financing are good for the city. -
Making the House of Representatives More Representative
- Posted: January 22, 2008
- Author(s): Winston Apple
- Publication: Blog Critics Magazine
- Categories: FairVote
Op. Ed. calling for proportional representation for the United States House of Representatives, in order to provide citizens with more input into party platforms and prevent political balkanization. -
Growing Polarization
- Posted: August 23, 2007
- Categories: FairVote
In lecterns in New Hampshire, town hall meetings in Iowa, and television studios inside the Beltway, candidates, pundits, and just about everyone else bemoan the growing polarization of the American electorate. As the political tectonic plates slowly shift, the seismic shocks cause the fault lines between red and blue to rent themselves even farther apart, while swing voters scramble so as not to fall into the widening gap. Surely, it can’t be as bad as all that!
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The People's House?
- Posted: July 19, 2007
- Categories: FairVote
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The 2006 midterms were, we are told, a great change election. Countless incumbents were swept from power and control shifted from one party to another in both houses of Congress. Well, at least one part of that sentence is true. While the Democrats did wind up in control, over 94% of incumbents were re-elected. The irony, of course, is that knocking off less than 6% of incumbents is considered remarkable. It sounds big compared to the less than 2% of incumbents who had lost in every election since 1996, but it still means that most incumbents had little to fear.
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IRV Momentum Continues in 2007
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Ten Stories About Election '06