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Myeisha Boyd
on April 17, 2018
Last fall Minnesota’s two largest cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, held very successful ranked choice voting elections. Now, St. Louis Park could be the state’s next municipality to elect local candidates with RCV.
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Paul Ryan’s bombshell announcement last week that he would not seek re-election or another term as Speaker of the House made him the 38th Republican to call it quits this cycle.
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Posted
Doug Goodman
on April 16, 2018
The candidates for all federal state, and local offices up for election this year have filed to run. The number of candidates for any particular office range from one to 23.
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University of Maryland study find majorities favor ranked choice voting, multi-member districts and congressional redistricting by nonpartisan citizen commissions.
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This June, Maine will become the first state in the U.S. to use ranked choice voting to select candidates for Congress as well as state-wide offices.
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Last week, Brennan Center released a report on gerrymandering in America and obstacles to Democrats retaking control of Congress in 2018, their findings correspond well with our Monopoly Politics Report.
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So far, RCV and top-two have been mutually exclusive solutions. But might a marriage of top-two and RCV be a step forward?
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Posted
Paul Schimek
on April 03, 2018
California’s unusual Top Two primary system is attracting attention because of the possibility it could thwart Democratic victories in districts that are key to the party’s chances.
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Drew Penrose
on March 29, 2018
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David Daley
on March 29, 2018
David Daley, Senior Fellow for FairVote, attended Maryland Supreme Court Case, Benisek v Lamone. It's the second gerrymandering case before the court this term.
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