Entries from 2010
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The Constitutional Right to Vote Blog: Bush v. Gore, Ten Years Later
- Posted: December 14, 2010
- Author(s): Right to Vote Blog, Jo McKeegan
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Right to Vote Amendment, FairVote
Ten years ago, in December of 2000, the Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore. The case remains one of the more dividing litmus tests in American politics.
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Incentives to vote: A trivial carrot or a reliable solution for increasing voting turnout?
- Posted: December 9, 2010
- Author(s): Wael Abdel Hamid
- Categories: Home, FairVote
Voter turnout is abnormally low in the United States - -and closely correlates by eligible voter’s level of education and income. Compulsory voting can act as a stick to force voter turnout, but another approach is to encourage people to go to the polls by creating incentives to vote. Just as compulsory voting is not a clear cut issue, such reward-based practices can have their advantages and their disadvantages.
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Brennan Center article “Citizen’s Guide to Redistricting” published
- Posted: December 1, 2010
- Author(s): Jo McKeegan
- Categories: Home, FairVote
This 2010 edition is intended to not only serve as a guide to those already “in the know” such as academics and experts on emerging trends in gerrymandering, but also to introduce students, and policymakers to the variety of ways in which redistricting affects the day to day lives of citizens.
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GOP Rolls the Dice in 2012 with Plurality, Winner-Take-All Rules
- Posted: December 2, 2010
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Chris Marchsteiner
- Categories: Home
No elected office in the world matters more than the presidency of the United States. Given that reality, it’s remarkable that our method of electing it can have such flaws.
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Who Will Own the Millennial Vote?
- Posted: November 24, 2010
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Categories: Home, FairVote
1992 was a big year for me. My band Nirvana not only had a number one record, we were credited for transforming rock music itself. There was not only a musical realignment that year; young people, a coveted demographic, were also paying attention to the presidential election...
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From the "Non-Majority Rule" Desk: Post-Election Wrap-Up, IRV in Oakland, and Looking to 2012
- Posted: November 23, 2010
- Author(s): The Non-Majority Rule Desk, Chris Marchsteiner
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
The counting and recounting of ballots in the 2010 elections is nearly over. In a final wrap-up blog from the Non-Majority Rule desk, we review the role of so-called “spoilers” in a few more very close elections. We also offer a preview of what’s in store in 2012, starting with the wide-open contest for the Republican nomination, and highlight media attention to a city offering a better means to elect winners: Oakland, with its ranked choice system of instant runoff voting.
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North Carolina uses Instant Runoff Voting for state, county-wide elections
- Posted: November 3, 2010
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
This fall North Carolina held the first statewide general election with instant runoff voting (IRV) in the nation’s history to fill federal judge Jim Wynn’s vacancy in on the Court of Appeals. Three Superior Court vacancies were also filled with instant runoff voting. Initial results suggest that voters in the state handled IRV well.
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Ranked-Choice Voting in Oakland May Surprise – But for a Good Reason
- Posted: November 1, 2010
- Author(s): Toby Rowe
Oakland voters have been told more than once this year to “expect the unexpected” in the race to replace outgoing mayor Ron Dellums. Ten candidates seek the office, making for a crowded and diverse field of contenders. This fascinating mayoral election occurs in the first year that Oakland voters will use ranked-choice voting (RCV) to elect their representatives in municipal government.
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Federal Redistricting BIlls in 111th Congress
- Posted: October 29, 2010
- Author(s): Brian Bennett
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Reforms
Redistricting: a popular issue in the 111th Congress.
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Election Day: A Reminder about the Urgent Need for a Constitutionally Protected Right to Vote
- Posted: October 28, 2010
- Author(s): Jo McKeegan
- Categories: Right to Vote Amendment
As part a proposal to revamp our current election procedures, we should expand the practice of same-day voter registration (also called Election Day Registration), which is now the law in several states, and the District of Columbia. Same day registration (SDR) allows voters to register the day they cast a ballot. It has been known to increase voter turnout by as much as 12%.