Entries Categorized with "Instant Runoff Voting"
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Michigan Primary Results Reveal Flaws in Winner-Take-All System
- Posted: August 5, 2010
- Author(s): Cathy Le
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Reforms
The August 3rd primary in Michigan had several competitive races. In nomination contests for 15 U.S. House seats and the governor’s race, six of the winners will advance despite falling short of a majority of the vote in the primary.
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Australia to Hold National Instant Runoff Voting Elections on August 21
- Posted: August 5, 2010
- Author(s): Cathy Le
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
Just three weeks after becoming Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard announced national elections would be held on August 21, 2010.
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Colorado, the GOP, and IRV
- Posted: July 26, 2010
- Author(s): Patrick Withers
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Reforms
One major political party in Colorado sees first hand the weaknesses of our current electoral system. Will they also see the solution?
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Why IRV Produces a Majority Winner
- Posted: July 12, 2010
- Author(s): Alec Slatky
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
A common criticism of instant runoff voting is that IRV does not necessarily produce a “majority winner.” This criticism is misleading, and does not recognize the true meaning of a “majority winner” in any given election.
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Primary Runoffs Show Need for Reform
- Posted: June 23, 2010
- Author(s): Alec Slatky
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
Everyone can agree that the higher the turnout, the better. But then why do we accept runoff elections where the winners often receive fewer votes than they did in the initial primary? There must be a better way...
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Drawn Into the Fray: Thinking Outside the Single Member District Box
- Posted: June 23, 2010
- Author(s): Patrick Withers
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Proportional Voting
Since the foundation of our democracy, gerrymandering, or the strategic drawing of districts to somehow bias the electoral result, has been an important, albeit nefarious, component of American politics. It is common, especially in census years, for voters to rail against politicians on both sides of the aisle for using gerrymandering to secure their own party's power. While there is plenty of blame to go around, perhaps there is a larger problem lying underneath the surface. Perhaps the problem lies in the creation of single-member districts itself.
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Low Turnout, Voter Fatigue, and Patchwork Primaries
- Posted: June 10, 2010
- Author(s): Patrick Withers
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
Do marathon election seasons make for the best democracy possible? Voter turnout statistics seem to suggest no.
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"Presidential Elections" in Cyprus: Part 4
- Posted: May 6, 2010
- Author(s): Amanda Naldjieff
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Research & Analysis, Proportional Voting
"...And the Results Are In!"
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"Presidential Elections" in Cyprus: Part 3
- Posted: May 6, 2010
- Author(s): Amanda Naldjieff
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Research & Analysis, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting
"How Does an "Election" within an Unrecognized State SIgnificantly Affect the International Community?"
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The day FairVote decided to vote on lunch
- Posted: April 27, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Research & Analysis, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, Women's Representation, FairVote
Today, we could not decide on what to order and realizing that we are the voting system experts, we thought it would be great to cast votes before making any decision. Different systems can get different winners and this was a great opportunity to test their fairness and impact.