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E-Newsletter February 5, 2008
- Posted: February 5, 2008
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, National Popular Vote, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
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Understanding Super Tuesday
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How the Rules May Affect Tsunami Tuesday
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Musician Krist Novoselic Will Head Election Reform Group
- Posted: January 23, 2008
- Categories: FairVote
FairVote, a national election reform group, greeted a new year with new leadership today, tapping former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic to chair its Board of Directors. The position had been held for the past decade by former Congressman and 1980 independent presidential candidate John B. Anderson.
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Republicans to Vote on Reforming Primaries
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E-Newsletter January 7, 2008
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E-Newsletter December 18, 2007
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Grand Old Primaries
- Posted: December 11, 2007
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Most Republican primaries award delegates according to a winner-take-all rule where the first-place finishers win every delegate.
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Is There Accountability Without Candidates?
- Posted: November 15, 2007
- Categories: FairVote
The seemingly voracious desire of Democrats and Republicans to take seats from the opposition raises the question of just what it would take for one of the parties to give up some races without even a token fight and allow the opposition to win a seat unopposed. You might think such waving of the white flag to be rare. You would be wrong.
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Instant Runoffs are a Runaway Hit
- Posted: November 8, 2007
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
For a few months now, Innovative Analysis has trumpeted the various electoral virtues of instant runoff voting, a system that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference as a way to ensure majority winners, save taxpayer money, and eliminate the spoiler problem of independent candidacies. We haven't tested it yet, but we're also pretty sure it can organize your closet, pick the kids up from soccer practice, and bring about world peace.