Entries from 2010
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Iraq’s 2010 Parliamentary Election - Part 2: A Refined PR System to Improve Representation
- Posted: March 5, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Home, Democracy SOS Project, Middle East and Africa, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
This Sunday, Iraq will elect its parliament for the third time in five years. For the first time, they will use an “open” list proportional system, which is seen as a major step to cement Iraqi democracy.
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Lessons from Burlington
- Posted: March 4, 2010
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Home, Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
FairVote executive director Rob Richie reviews the recent IRV repeal referendum in Burlington, VT.
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FairVote Signs onto HAVA Funding Letter
- Posted: March 3, 2010
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: Home
FairVote signs onto a coalition letter asking Congress to fully fund the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).
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FairVote testifies to Maryland Senate Committee
- Posted: February 26, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Home, Learning Democracy, Reforms, Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
Yesterday, the Maryland Senate Education, Health & Environmental Committee held a public hearing on several election bills. FairVote’s Right to Vote Director Adam Fogel testified in favor of two of the bills that are sponsored by Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-20):
- SB 292, which will set a uniform voter registration age of 16
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Iraq’s 2010 Parliamentary Election - Part 1: Chronicles of a Struggle for Democracy
- Posted: February 24, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Middle East and Africa, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
FairVote starts a series of comprehensive blog posts about the Iraqi 2010 parliamentary elections, focusing on how Iraq has been working on building an inclusive fair voting system by relying on proportional representation (PR) instead of winner-take-all.
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Remembering Karla Irvine: Fair Elections and Fair Housing Advocate
- Posted: February 23, 2010
- Author(s): Amy Ngai
- Categories: Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation
On February 19th, the proponents of election reform and fair government lost an outspoken and fearless advocate. Karla Irvine, a founding member of FairVote, was 76 years old.
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Cleaning up politics: the UK to use alternative voting?
- Posted: February 10, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Elections Worldwide
In the context of major distrust by British citizens of their almost 800 year-old democracy and their politicians, Gordon Brown proposed on February 2nd, in a speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research, to get rid of the UK’s “first-past-the-post” voting system.
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Setting the Record Straight on Universal Voter Registration
- Posted: February 3, 2010
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: Home, Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
Right to Vote director Adam Fogel sets the record straight about universal voter registration.
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For Oscar Nominations, 'Choice' is Clear
- Posted: January 29, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
We here at FairVote are probably a little more interested in the Oscars than most think tanks in DC. Sure, we like movies as much as anyone else, but there's one aspect of the awards that particularly sparks our interest: the Academy's voting system!
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Anything Else, Mr. President?
- Posted: January 28, 2010
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: Home, D.C. Voting Rights
The issue of DC Voting Rights was conspicuously absent from last night's State of the Union Address.