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E-Newsletter July 29, 2009
- Posted: July 29, 2009
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, FairVote
Features:
- Adam Fogel Testifies, Major Papers Back FairVote Reforms
- Action and Endorsements for Instant Runoff Voting, National Popular Vote
- Working from the Grassroots for Fair Representation
- FairVote Staff and Interns: Some Fond Farewells
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Primary Power to the People
- Posted: July 17, 2009
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote, Presidential Nominations Reform
The parties should begin to debate a plan that includes traditional state-based nomination contests culminating in a final, decisive national primary.
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FairVote's Adam Fogel Advises DC Council to Pass Election Reform
- Posted: July 13, 2009
- Categories: D.C. Voting Rights, FairVote
Adam Fogel, director of FairVote's Right to Vote program, testified before the Washington, D.C. City Council's Committee on Government Operations and the Environment on Monday, June 13th in support of the Omnibus Election Reform Act of 2009. Fogel told the committee that this important bill lays the foundation for making the District's election laws among the most progressive in the country, giving the city the opportunity to serve as a shining example to rest of the nation.
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E-Newsletter June 30, 2009
- Posted: June 30, 2009
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, FairVote
Features:
- Key wins for the right to vote
- Instant runoff voting wins in court, national popular vote keeps gaining
- Congressional redistricting reform and a big win for choice voting
- Krist Novoselic’s big news splash
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The Swing States of America
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FairVote Applauds Introduction of FAIR Redistricting Reform Act
- Posted: June 24, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
FairVote's executive director Rob Richie today joined Congressmen John Tanner (D-TN), Mike Castle (R-DE), Allen Boyd (D-FL) and leaders with Americans for Redistricting Reform for a Capitol Hill news conference announcing a renewed push for The Fairness and Independence in Redistricting (FAIR) Act.
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New Jersey, Virginia and other States of Flux
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
The field is set for highly competitive gubernatorial elections this fall in Virginia and New Jersey. In handicapping the electoral prospects of the gubernatorial candidates, some of our smartest politicos are assuming that a state’s presidential results are a major indicator of who will lord over the statehouse. But looking at governors’ races through a presidential lens leads one into some dizzying territory where blue is red, red is blue, and the most conventional of wisdom dissolves in the face of indisputable data.
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Virginia Primary Turnout Up - But Still Low Despite National Profile
- Posted: June 10, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
Turnout in Tuesday's fiercely fought Democratic gubernatorial primary was only 6.3% of registered voters and about 5.5% of eligible voters. Despite big spending, media attention and the ability for voters of all political stripes to participate (due to Virginia's "semi-open" primary system), an overwhelming majority of active Democrats did not participate in their party's nomination for governor.
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Virginia Primary Winner May Not Have Majority Support Among State Dems
- Posted: June 5, 2009
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
This Tuesday, June 9th, Virginia Democrats will hold a primary to nominate the candidate for governor that they hope will best reflect the will of the state party's voters. But with three strong candidates essentially tied in the polls, no candidate may come close to winning a majority. The instant runoff system backed by President Barack Obama and used on May 9th in Charlottesville in its "firehouse primary" would better determine which candidate best represents the will of Virginia Democrats.
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NJ Gubernatorial Primary Turnout Lowest in Years
- Posted: June 3, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
Voter turnout dropped to a shockingly low 10% of registered voters and less than 9% of eligible voters for New Jersey's gubernatorial primaries on Tuesday. Previous gubernatorial primary contests in 2001 and 2005 had already languished at 12% and 13% of registered voters, respectively, and Tuesday more than nine in ten eligible voters did not participate.