Entries Categorized with "Choice Voting"
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Iraq’s 2010 Parliamentary Election - Part 1: Chronicles of a Struggle for Democracy
- Posted: February 24, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Home, Fair Elections, Choice Voting, Research & Analysis, Fair Representation, Proportional Voting, International Snapshot, FairVote
FairVote starts a series of comprehensive blog posts about the Iraqi 2010 parliamentary elections, focusing on how Iraq has been working on building an inclusive fair voting system by relying on proportional representation (PR) instead of winner-take-all.
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Remembering Karla Irvine: Fair Elections and Fair Housing Advocate
- Posted: February 23, 2010
- Author(s): Amy Ngai
- Categories: Choice Voting, Home, Proportional Voting
On February 19th, the proponents of election reform and fair government lost an outspoken and fearless advocate. Karla Irvine, a founding member of FairVote, was 76 years old.
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Cleaning up politics: the UK to use alternative voting?
- Posted: February 10, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Fair Elections, Choice Voting, Home, Fix the House, Fair Representation, Proportional Voting, Instant Runoff Voting, International Snapshot
In the context of major distrust by British citizens of their almost 800 year-old democracy and their politicians, Gordon Brown proposed on February 2nd, in a speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research, to get rid of the UK’s “first-past-the-post” voting system.
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For Oscar Nominations, 'Choice' is Clear
- Posted: January 29, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Choice Voting, Home, Fair Elections, Fair Representation, Instant Runoff Voting, Proportional Voting, FairVote
We here at FairVote are probably a little more interested in the Oscars than most think tanks in DC. Sure, we like movies as much as anyone else, but there's one aspect of the awards that particularly sparks our interest: the Academy's voting system!
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IRV and Choice Voting on Election Day 2009: Wins, Losses and the Long-Term Trajectory
- Posted: November 6, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Choice Voting, Home, Instant Runoff Voting
November 3rd highlighted controversies about multi-candidate races and non-majority winners in key races for governor in New Jersey and U.S. House in New York, drawing high-profile attention to instant runoff voting (IRV) as a solution, including in a widely-published oped by FairVote board member John B. Anderson and my comments on The Hill's "Big Question". The elections also brought direct advances for IRV, although with disappointments as well.
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Hyperpartisanship as a Product of a Zero-Sum System
- Posted: July 28, 2009
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Choice Voting, Proportional Voting
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Choice Voting on the Red Carpet
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Choice Voting: A Short Operational Primer
- Posted: June 17, 2009
- Author(s): Forrest Barnum
- Categories: Choice Voting, Proportional Voting
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Choice Voting, List Voting, and Piracy in Europe
- Posted: June 10, 2009
- Author(s): Forrest Barnum
- Categories: Choice Voting, Proportional Voting
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Boston Faces an Unnecessary Costly Election
- Posted: July 6, 2007
- Author(s): Dan Tessler
- Categories: Choice Voting, Proportional Voting