Rob at Kent State
January 8th, 2007
FairVote Staff
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FairVote Executive Director Rob Richie will speak at Kent State University on January 17, 2006.
He’s giving a keynote luncheon address at a symposium entitled 2008 and Beyond: The Future of Election and Ethics Reform in the States. Rob’s remarks will focus on key FairVote reforms including instant runoff voting, the National Popular Vote campaign and 100% youth voter pre-registration.
Rob joins a distinguished panel of experts on topics ranging from voting equipment to redistricting reform and proportional voting systems.
Other posts by FairVote Staff
- The Electoral College does not benefit small states - April 18th, 2007
- Winter e-news - February 22nd, 2007
- First Takoma Park IRV Election: Exit Poll - January 31st, 2007
- Rob at Kent State - January 8th, 2007
- Fierce testimonials at the Yes on Three blog - October 20th, 2006
- Elect-a-Date! - September 20th, 2006
- Rob Richie talks redistricting on air - September 5th, 2006
- National Popular Vote on... Facebook! - September 5th, 2006
- FairVote at APSA - August 29th, 2006
- FairVote launches Internet Action Team - July 30th, 2006
January 30th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Howard Dean was out of the race before 2% of the vote was in. That’s unfairly skewing the results towards New Hampshire and Iowa. I agree candidates need time to get to all the states, but we shouldn’t focus on two miniature states at the front. We should spread the large and small states evenly through 2-1/2 months.
For example, have Iowa and Illinois start, then New Hampshire and Massachusetts, California and Nevada, and so on. It puts some pressure on the candidate to visit the small state, but doesn’t skew the results as much. Keep it geographically logical so we’re not making 6 candidates and their entourages (many 100’s) travel 750 miles a day.