Entries from 2012
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France May Introduce a Little Bit of Proportional Representation to its Legislative Elections
- Posted: November 12, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Sara Helmi
- Categories: Europe, Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections
Proportional representation may be coming to the French legislature--or at least 10% of it.
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Arizona Defeats Top Two Primary: What's Next for Reformers?
- Posted: November 9, 2012
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Home, Reforms, FairVote
As the nation eagerly followed the incoming results of the Presidential election on Tuesday, we at FairVote also kept a keen eye on the results of a handful of electoral reform ballot measures, including Arizona's vote on Proposition 121, the Top Two primary law. We were concerned about the impact that this proposed form of Top Two might have in Arizona. But Prop 121's defeat became apparent early in the evening, with over two-thirds of Arizona voting against it.
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Pledge to Stand with Voters: A New FairVote Initiative
- Posted: November 8, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Lizz Hudler
- Categories: Home, Reforms, Right to Vote Amendment, FairVote
With our pledge to Stand with Voters FairVote asserts that it's time to fight for democratic principle over partisan politicking. Promoting and protecting our representative democracy is far more important than seeking short-term advantage in electoral rules.
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Gains for Women in Senate Help Make Our Case for Representation 2020
- Posted: November 8, 2012
- Author(s): Patricia Hart
- Categories: Congressional Elections, FairVote
Refusing to sit idly by and let the boys have all the fun, women played a lead role in the 2012 presidential election as a key voting bloc. And as candidates, women etched their names into political history with a diverse field of contenders, winning several significant congressional races and achieving many firsts.
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From the Mouth of the President to the Ears of the People: We Have to Fix That
- Posted: November 8, 2012
- Author(s): Lizz Hudler
- Categories: Right to Vote Amendment, Universal Voter Registration, Voting Rights, FairVote
As was expected, problems at the polls abounded on November 6, nationwide. While glitches were reported across the country, voter-rights watchers paid particular attention to the swing states, where obstacles to ballot access in the form of registration ambiguities, voting-day misinformation, voter suppression tactics, and long, exhausting (and cold!) lines had potential to lower turnout and affect outcomes. President Barack Obama in his acceptance speechTuesday night, thanked people for waiting in those lines --- and then added, “By the way, we have to fix that.”
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2012 Election Night Congressional Scorecard
- Posted: November 6, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Congressional Elections
Predict the winner of the national congressional vote on election night using district partisanship data from early returns!
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Stamp Out Democracy on the Cheap
- Posted: November 5, 2012
- Author(s): Patricia Hart
- Categories: Home, Voting Rights
One first class stamp: 45 cents. One extra ounce to ship: 20 cents. Voting in a democracy: priceless.
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Nine House Races to Watch (and Five You Don’t Have To) on Election Night
- Posted: November 3, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Congressional Elections
These are the races that prominent election forecasters might get wrong by underestimating the importance of district partisanship in determining the outcome of congressional elections. See what FairVote's partisanship-based analysis predicts.
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2012 Presidential Election Night Scorecard
- Posted: November 2, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Andrea Levien
- Categories: Presidential Elections
Predict the winner of the national popular vote for president on election night using FairVote's measure of state partisanship!
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Presidential Campaign Attention: Why Most States Aren’t Worth Any Despite Their Generosity
- Posted: November 1, 2012
- Author(s): Presidential Tracker, Andrea Levien
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
For the past two months, FairVote has been highlighting the inequality that the winner-take-all method of allocating electoral votes perpetuates: swing states are targetted and safe states are not. However, another type of inequality to consider is the inequality this rule creates between wealthy and non-wealthy safe state residents. Wealthy residents in every state are targetted at fundrairsers, as they provide a good portion of the money funding the campaigns. Low and middle income swing state residents are targetted because they provide votes that could swing a state to one candidate or another. Low and middle income safe state residents, on the other hand, are out of luck.