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Winner-take-all can elect a second-place president
- Posted: July 9, 2009
- Author(s): John R. Koza
- Publication: San Diego Union-Tribune
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
The founder of National Popular Vote lays out the shortcomings and injustices of the Electoral College system, and shows why the National Popular Vote plan is the right solution. -
It's Time to Bring Majority Rule to the American Election Process
- Posted: July 5, 2009
- Author(s): Blair Bobier
- Publication: Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
The results of Virginia's recent Democratic gubernatorial primary illustrate how winner-take-all elections can produce winners who don't receive the majority of the vote. IRV ensures election winners have majority support. -
It's Time to Bring Majority Rule to the American Election Process
- Posted: July 5, 2009
- Author(s): Blair Bobier
- Publication: Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
The results of Virginia's recent Democratic gubernatorial primary illustrate how winner-take-all elections can produce winners who don't receive the majority of the vote. IRV ensures election winners have majority support. -
Reforming Albany
- Posted: July 2, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Publication: New York Times
- Categories: Proportional Voting, FairVote
FairVote's Rob Richie responds in a letter to the editor making the case for proportional voting systems to bring substantive reform to New York's legislature. -
Register Everybody
- Posted: June 29, 2009
- Publication: Roll Call
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
Editorial declares that the U.S. government needs to start taking a more proactive approach to voter registration in order to live up to the standards that other countries have set. -
The Case for a Diverse Bench -- and Congress
- Posted: June 29, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie and Cynthia Terrell
- Publication: Roll Call
- Categories: FairVote
In the midst of the heated rhetoric surrounding Judge Sonia Sotomayor's potential ascension to the Supreme Court, it's time to ask how much we value fair representation, particularly of women. -
Voting rights: Time for new thinking, not rehashed ideas
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Modernizing the vote
- Posted: June 22, 2009
- Author(s): Editorial Board
- Publication: The Baltimore Sun
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
The Baltimore Sun Editorial Board endorses universal voter registration. -
Instant Runoff Elections are a Vote for Civility
- Posted: June 17, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Publication: Yes! Magazine
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Fair Vote's Executive Director, Rob Richie, explains how IRV is greatly benefiting the election process of Burlington, Vermont. -
Minneapolis makes way for new voting system: For the first time, residents will vote for city positions using ranked-choice voting this fall.
- Posted: June 16, 2009
- Publication: University of Minnesota Daily
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
FairVote Minnesota Director Jeanne Massey quoted in article on the implemenatation of IRV in Minneapolis.