Entries from 2011
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Internet voting: If ever made secure, would it improve election turnout?
- Posted: April 19, 2011
- Author(s): Loqmane Jamil
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Home, FairVote, Election Services Group
The phenomenon of low voter turnout is not new but has become worrisome by its recurrence. In the United States voters are turning out in smaller numbers each year in certain elections like primaries and choosing city leaders. With the advent of new technological means of communication be a means to fight against the disaffection toward politics so many Americans seem to feel? Some like internet voting, but it's not ready for governmental elections.
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Local elections in France: Revealing rehearsal before 2012 presidential elections
- Posted: April 8, 2011
- Author(s): Wael Abdel Hamid
- Categories: Home, Europe, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
On March 20 and 27, French voters elected their local representatives. These representatives (general counselors) are chosen town-by-town, and gather by departments and elect their president to represent their fellow voters at the regional level. In other words, French local elections are a relatively minor step in the electoral calendar that will bring France to vote for its president in May 2012.
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New Jersey Redistricting: A Better Method
- Posted: April 11, 2011
- Author(s): Dean Searcy
- Categories: Home, FairVote
States around the country are plunging into the famed "political thicket" of redistricting. States having to move the fastest are those like New Jersey that this year will hold state legislative elections in their new plan. With winner-take-all rules, the impact of how lines are drawn is enormously point - that's why FairVote suggests giving more power to voters and less power to mapmakers through adoption of forms of proportional voting. New Jersey's state legislative districts provide a good example.
New Jersey's Apportionment Commission is a bipartisan body which is responsible for appointing the state's 40 legislative districts following a census every ten years. Each state legislative district elects one state senator and two state assembly members. After the usual
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Arab Spring of Nations: what's next? -- Yemen: Troubles despite serious negotiations
- Posted: April 1, 2011
- Author(s): Arab Spring Series, Wael Abdel Hamid
- Categories: Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Middle East and Africa, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
The Arab world is still in trouble. Revolutionary nations Tunisia and Egypt are struggling for a successful, peaceful and democratic transition. Other peoples, especially in Yemen, Jordan and Bahrain, are still fighting for change. In a blog series introduced on March 22 , I am focusing on what's going on in Arab countries at the center of change.
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Virginia Congressional Redistricting: A Better Method
- Posted: April 4, 2011
- Author(s): Matt Morris
- Categories: Home
After every census, states across the country must re-draw their congressional district lines to reflect the data. This often leads to gerrymandering, but a better alternative is to use multi-member districts with proportional voting. See an example.
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Arab Spring of Nations: what's next? -- Tunisia: between hope and political instability
- Posted: March 25, 2011
- Author(s): Arab Spring Series, Wael Abdel Hamid
- Categories: Home, Middle East and Africa, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
The Arab world is still in trouble. Revolutionary nations Tunisia and Egypt are struggling for a successful, peaceful and democratic transition. Other peoples, especially in Yemen, Jordan and Bahrain, are still fighting for change. In a blog series introduced on March 22 , I am focusing on what's going on in Arab countries at the center of change.
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Arab Spring of Nations: what’s next? -- The Egyptian Paradox
- Posted: March 22, 2011
- Author(s): Arab Spring Series, Wael Abdel Hamid
- Categories: Home, Middle East and Africa, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
The Arab world is still in trouble. Revolutionary nations Tunisia and Egypt are struggling for a successful, peaceful and democratic transition. Other peoples, especially in Yemen, Jordan and Bahrain, are still fighting for change.
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The Constitutional Right to Vote Blog: Assumptions
- Posted: March 21, 2011
- Author(s): Right to Vote Blog, Jo McKeegan
- Categories: Home, Right to Vote Amendment, FairVote
You’ve heard the assumptions: Young people vote Democratic. So do unmarried women, African Americans, city-dwellers and people with felony convictions. Church-goers vote Republican, as do rich people, small business owners and soldiers. If you somehow fit into categories from each group, who knows, you may be a Libertarian or Green.
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Celebrating Democracy Day on March 23: Curriculum from Rock the Vote and FairVote
- Posted: March 10, 2011
- Author(s): Loqmane Jamil
- Categories: Home, FairVote
Beginning on March 23rd, students across the country will have the chance to learn about something that many of us take for granted - and not enough of us exercise - our right to vote.
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The Right to Vote Blog: The Root Cause of Maryland Voter Registration Failures
- Posted: March 4, 2011
- Author(s): Right to Vote Blog, Jo McKeegan
- Categories: Home, Right to Vote Amendment, Universal Voter Registration
What if you thought you had gone through the process of making sure you could vote, but later were denied the chance to do so on Election Day?