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    • A vote for democracy
    • The Big Question: Will corporate money change campaigns?
    • "We'll Take It"
    • 'Ranked-choice' voting saves time, money
    • A Constitutional Right to Vote
    • A Right to Vote
    • A cheaper, quicker, more civil way to run San Jose elections -- instant runoffs
    • A local twist to the vacancy dilemma
    • A look at instant-runoff voting
    • A preference for a better electoral system
    • AISD trustees earn new terms
    • AN ARGUMENT IN FAVOR: Instant runoff voting would make every vote count
    • ASWC executive council to be elected
    • Albatross of U.S. democracy
    • Americans of all stripes will want to join this party
    • An electoral reform worth considering
    • Aspen council adopts instant runoff voting method
    • Bernstein Wins APA Presidency
    • Bill would require colleges to offer voter registration with course sign ups
    • Boston Review: Reflecting All of Us
      • Richie and Hill Respond
      • John Stuart Mill on Proportional Representation
    • Building an Iraqi coalition is part of democracy
    • Burlington Holds Second Highly Successful Instant Runoff Voting Election
    • Burlington Politics More Civil These Days
    • Burlington to try instant runoff voting again
    • Burlington's Has Second Highly Successful Ranked Choice Voting Election
    • CCSC Plans Election Reforms
    • CCSC winners: Action Potential, Clear Party
    • Cast vote for ranked choice
    • Chicago's Special Election is a Waste: Fill Vacancies in One Election, Not Two
    • City attorney: IRV vote must wait
    • City ironing out details on instant runoff voting
    • City of San Francisco Instant Runoff Voting Videos
    • Coloradans to Consider Splitting Electoral College Votes
    • Consider shifting spring elections to fall
    • Consider the voters -- and the taxpayers
    • Council Looks At Changing Election Method
    • Council approves instant runoff for next city election
    • Cumulative vote - again
    • Don't call Pierce County's ranked choice voting weird just because it's different
    • Don't veto the vote
    • Drive to enfranchise DC clears Senate hurdle
    • Election rule changes could save money, city clerk says
    • Electoral College Football
    • Electoral College flunks fairness test in big states
    • Electoral College needs reform
    • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About IRV - But Didn't Know How to Ask
    • Fixing City Hall: Charter committee begins look at overhauling local government
    • Flunk the Electoral College, Pass Instant Runoffs
    • Flunking the Electoral College
    • For parties, the more the merrier
    • Give Ranked Choice a Chance
    • Give voters final say on vacancies
    • Group questions Louisiana's influence
    • Grunge party politics
    • Guarantee the Right to Vote
    • Herbkersman, Richie: Time to run off runoffs
    • High school registrants keep voting drive alive
    • High schoolers get a lesson in voting
    • INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING COULD LEAD TO BIG SAVINGS FOR CITIES, COUNTIES
    • IRV better than old runoffs
    • IRV is ready for Minneapolis debut
    • Illinois flap spurs R.I. bill on naming senators
    • In Defense of IRV
    • In our view, April 17: Equal Voting
    • Instant Runoff Elections are a Vote for Civility
    • Instant Runoff Voting Campaign Kicks Off in St. Paul
    • Instant Runoff Voting and Its Impact on Racial Minorities
    • Instant democracy available in instant runoff elections
    • Instant runoff elections
    • Instant runoff likely in Burlington
    • Instant runoff voting and the community colleges
    • Instant runoff voting could appear on November ballot
    • Instant runoff voting just makes sense
    • Instant runoffs would reduce election costs
    • Instant-Runoff Voting belongs on the ballot this fall in St. Paul
    • It's Time to Bring Majority Rule to the American Election Process
    • It's not "instant runoff voting" anymore
    • Jack Nagel: Accounting of IRV's flaws had its own
    • Johnson's "strong mayor" proposal has stalled. Now it's time to talk about real reform.
    • Judge approves plan for June trustee election
    • Keep it Simple
    • Kiss Wins in Instant Runoff Voting
    • Kiss re-elected by narrow margin
    • Knowledge of the College
    • LA County to study using instant runoff elections
    • Legislature votes to let teens register early
    • Let's start instant runoffs and cut our election costs
    • Letter: How to improve the SGA election process
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Local Briefs
    • Lowering the cost of voting
    • Making the District More of a Democracy
    • Mark Ridley-Thomas calls for 'instant runoff' system
    • Mike Currie elected UISG president
    • Minneapolis makes way for new voting system
    • Minneapolis moves forward on IRVing
    • Modernizing the vote
    • More economical solution to costly special election
    • My Turn -- City voters fortunate to have IRV
    • New Article
    • New Instant-Runoff Voting Could Factor in 22 Minneapolis Races
    • New Study Reveals Harm Done by Electoral College
    • No consensus on city vote change plan
    • No more appointed senators
    • Notwithstanding budget crisis, R.I. mustn't cut civics position
    • OPINION: Connecticut is Ready for IRV
    • Opinion: Now's the time to think of ideas for a new state government system
    • Panel backs elimination of the electoral college
    • Presidential races don't value state, group says
    • Primary Reform Good for Nebraska
    • Public weighs instant runoff in mock election
    • Push continues to defeat Electoral College
    • R.I. Senate passes bill on U.S. Senate vacancies
    • RI lawmakers give early approval to bill allowing voters to elect US Senate replacements
    • RNC poised to begin altering its primary calendar for 2012
    • Rank the Vote
    • Ranked Choice Voting on Ballot Again in Pierce County
    • Ranked choice and political shenanigans
    • Ranked voting and rank politics
    • Ranked-choice voting this fall in Minneapolis - almost for sure
    • Rattiner wins TCU presidency
    • Reforming Albany
    • Reforms can increase participation with fewer problems
    • Register Everybody
    • Registration And Voting On Same Day Sought in D.C.
    • Remember the Electoral College
    • Rep wants U.S. Senate vacancies filled by election
    • Reviving the Motor Voter Law
    • Rob Richie: It's time to elect all U.S. senators
    • Runaway, Budget-Busting Runoffs
    • S.D. has little say in picking president
    • SA election garners record turnout
    • San Jose considers major change to local elections
    • San Leandro considers instant-runoff voting for municipal elections
    • San Leandro goes with ranked-choice voting system
    • Senate Passes Bill Giving the District a House Vote
    • Senate approves Connors bill to join National Popular Vote Pact
    • Senate vacancy bill OK'd in House
    • Shut Out at the Polls
    • State Sen. Abel Maldonado wants one, but will it help California?
    • State on right track by joining national popular vote compact
    • State's high court to expedite appeal on instant-runoff voting
    • States Move to Create Culture of Voter Engagement through Preregistration
    • Statewide election to fill state's U.S. Senate seat
    • Still Broken
    • The Case Against the Electoral College
    • The Case for Proportional Representation
    • The Case for a Diverse Bench -- and Congress
    • The Colorado Solution
    • The Day After-- Election glut in America
    • The Electoral College Votes Against Equality
    • The Injustice of the Poll Tax and Why It Took a Constitutional Amendment to Stop It
    • The Pierce County Council should stop trying to kill its constituents' chosen election system, ranke
    • The Primary Problem
    • The Right to Vote
    • The Shrinking Battleground
    • The U.S. is ready for election reform
    • The attention factor
    • Time to change the Electoral College?
    • Universal Voter Registration: An International Perspective
    • Vernon clinches SA presidency
    • Virginia's ballot-box disgrace
    • Voting rights: Time for new thinking, not rehashed ideas
    • Voting: Let the winner win
    • Weaver/Wise win SG election
    • What Are We, Stupid?
    • Why I Prefer IRV to Condorcet
    • Why not voters' education for teens?
    • Why states should adopt the National Popular Vote plan for president
    • Winner-take-all can elect a second-place president
    • Goodbye, Granny D
    • GOP rolls the dice in 2012 with plurality, winner take all rules
    • A Voting Reform Finds its Moment
    • Census will reshape Peoria's council districts
    • Washington should enact changes to rules governing legislative redistricting
    • Redistricting need not be political blood sport
    • Gottlieb on Voting
    • Letter to the Editor Re: IRV
    • Harry Reid devising plan to press forward with filibuster reform, aide says
    • House Seat Apportionment: Media Gets It Wrong on Partisan Impact
    • States can avoid Minnesota's recount mess
    • In Massachusetts, A Victory for Fair Elections
    • The Sweep: Vikings, voters and the charge of the Militant Middle
    • How to Avoid the Hamas Problem in Egypt
    • Opinion: Ranked choice voting making a difference in the Bay Area
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