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RNC poised to begin altering its primary calendar for 2012
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Grunge party politics
- Posted: June 14, 2009
- Author(s): Paul Jacob
- Publication: Townhall.com
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
FairVote Board Chair Krist Novoselic is running for County Clerk in Wahkiakum Co, WA to awareness of problems with Washington's open primary system and support for IRV. -
Registration And Voting On Same Day Sought in D.C.
- Posted: June 13, 2009
- Author(s): Tim Craig
- Publication: The Washington Post
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
The D.C. City Council considers a variety of election reforms, including same day registration, advance registration for 16-year-olds and 17-year-old primary voting. -
Don't call Pierce County's ranked choice voting weird just because it's different
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Author(s): Peter Callaghan
- Publication: Tacoma News Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Peter Callaghan of the Tacoma News Tribune explains that although many Pierce County residents may think that their recently implemented IRV system for county elections is "weird", they should give it a chance because it has many hidden advantages. -
San Jose considers major change to local elections
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Author(s): John Woolfolk
- Publication: San Jose Mercury News
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Frustrated by the cost of multiple elections to fill council seats and the difficulty of limiting the influence of special interests, San Jose (CA) officials consider instant runoff voting. -
Don't call Pierce County's ranked choice voting weird just because it's different
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Publication: Tacoma News Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Peter Callaghan of the Tacoma News Tribune explains that although many Pierce County residents may think that their recently imp -
IRV is ready for Minneapolis debut: State will benefit from the instant-runoff voting venture
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Publication: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
An editorial in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune speculates about the long-awaited debut of IRV in Minneapolis for the upco -
IRV better than old runoffs
- Posted: June 9, 2009
- Author(s): Terry Bouricius
- Publication: Aspen Times
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
FairVote's Terry Bouricius confronts critics who claim that IRV's non-monotonicity make it an unsatisfactory election system. -
Instant runoffs would reduce election costs
- Posted: June 8, 2009
- Author(s): Gautam Dutta and Ted W. Lieu
- Publication: Torrance Daily Breeze
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Opinion piece highlights the role IRV could have in shrinking California's budget deficit by eliminating the need for costly runoffs. -
Jack Nagel: Accounting of IRV's flaws had its own: There's no perfect voting system, but instant-runoff foes avoid comparisons.
- Posted: June 6, 2009
- Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Jack Nagel rebuts criticisms of IRV.