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• Federal Primary Runoff Elections and Voter Turnout Declines, 1994 - 2010

  • Posted: August 10, 2011
  • Author(s): Katherine Sicienski, Rob Richie, Will Hix
  • Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, All Reports

  Many states currently use runoff election systems during primaries for statewide federal posts. However, it appears that the two election runoff system leads to high turnout declines and a less representative second election.

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• Understanding the RCV Election Results in District 10

  • Posted: November 23, 2010
  • Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Research & Analysis, All Reports

  The Board of Supervisors race in District 10 was an unprecedented race in San Francisco’s seven-year history of using ranked choice voting (the first RCV elections took place in 2004). It featured 21 candidates, no incumbent and no obvious front runners.  That resulted in an election in which the winning candidate, Malia Cohen, barely edged out the competition in an exceptionally close race.

  
  

  Given the parameters of this race, RCV functioned smoothly to produce a winner that was preferred by the most voters. It fostered a degree of coalition-building as candidates and voters used the ranked ballots effectively, and unlike other races this race was substantially free of negative, mudslinging attacks as the multi-candidate field focused on seeking the second and third rankings from the supporters of other candidates.

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• Majority and Plurality in U.S. Gubernatorial Elections

  • Posted: April 9, 2010
  • Author(s): Daniel Weaver, Neal Suidan
  • Categories: Home, Instant Runoff Voting, Research & Analysis, National Popular Vote, All Reports

  From 1948 to 2009, 90.4 percent of all gubernatorial general elections nationwide were won with greater than 50 percent of the popular vote. None were won with less than 35 percent of all votes cast. Fifteen states elected all of their governors with a majority of votes cast. Among the other states, Maine had the most plurality-elected governors, with 7 of their 19 races in this span.

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• Delegating Democracy

  • Posted: April 3, 2008
  • Author(s): Rob Richie and Adam Fogel
  • Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Research & Analysis, Proportional Voting, FairVote, Presidential Nominations Reform, All Reports

  Parties have great opportunities to review and improve their election systems by incorporating reforms that give more voters an equal voice and an equal vote. From representative delegate allocation regimes to ranked choice voting and expanded suffrage rights, a political party's nomination process can be a true laboratory of democracy.

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• International Snapshot: Australia 2007

  • Posted: January 1, 2008
  • Author(s): Aurelie Marfort
  • Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Research & Analysis, FairVote

  On November 24^th 2007, Australia elected its House of Representatives with instant runoff voting (IRV), as it has for more than eight decades. After four straight election defeats, the Labor Party won a landslide majority of seats. Under IRV, Labor's initial 44% of first choices turned into a clear majority after considering the choices of supporters of third party candidates with too little support to win seats. The Green Party's 7.79% share of the national vote largely went to Labor in House races; that share earned several senate seats elected by proportional voting. Due in large part to compulsory voting, turnout was 94.77%; Australians rank near the top of national comparisons of voter satisfaction with their government.

   

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• Assessing Instant Runoff Voting in Takoma Park (MD)

  • Posted: March 29, 2007
  • Author(s): Adam Bartolanzo
  • Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Research & Analysis, FairVote, All Reports

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• The Feasibility of Instant Runoff Voting in Vermont

  • Posted: March 9, 2007
  • Author(s): Caleb Kleppner
  • Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Research & Analysis, FairVote, All Reports

  FairVote commissioned a complementary report by Caleb Kleppner, one of the nation's foremost experts on the use and administration of ranked choice elections. This report lays out a full range of implementation options for Vermont and includes topics such as voting equipment, counting procedures and voter education programs.

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• Federal Primary Election Runoffs and Voter Turnout Decline

  • Posted: October 2, 2006
  • Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Research & Analysis, FairVote, All Reports

  This study looks at the decline in voter turnout between primary and primary runoff elections for federal races from 1994-2006. It is based on the two-party results of those elections. In the vast majority of cases, it is possible to look for trends in the relationship between turnout and a candidate's race, gender, affiliation and/or office sought (House or Senate). The study also looks at comebacks, or elections in which the runoff winner had trailed in the first round primary, and incumbency.

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• Premier AccuVote Machines Missed 0.4% of Ballots in Aspen Elections

  • Posted: February 11, 2012
  • Author(s): Terry Bouricius
  • Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Research & Analysis, FairVote, All Reports

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• Ranked Voting and Questions About Election Integrity

  • Posted: February 11, 2012
  • Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Research & Analysis, FairVote, All Reports

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