Content Categorized with "Cumulative Voting"
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South Carolina: The Super District Alternative
- Posted: July 22, 2011
- Author(s): Jais Mehaji, Super Districts
- Categories: Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, Redistricting, Cumulative Voting
Redistricting ensures that political district lines reflect population changes in the U.S. Census every ten years so that each district has the same number of voters per seat in a district. South Carolina is in the midst of redistricting and, as with most states, it’s become complicated and increasingly controversial and partisan. As explained in our recent post on Michigan, FairVote proposes an alternative to the winner-take-all system that has plagued the redistricting process, and opened it up to gerrymandering, partisan bickering, and opportunism.
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Utah Redistricting: Avoid controversy with a statewide plan for House seats
- Posted: May 25, 2011
- Author(s): Dean Searcy
- Categories: Home, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, Cumulative Voting, FairVote
Following the 2010 Census, Utah is gaining another Congressional seat for a total of four seats. As might be expected, the addition of a fourth seat has thrown the state legislature into partisan conflicts because the strongly Republican state legislature is seeking to dismantle the more Democratic concentration in the second district by cutting it into three pieces. Senate President Michael Waddoups wants to draw lines north to south instead of focusing on compactness, leaving Democrats concerned the new plan will divide their county into three parts and weaken their meager base that helps them elect Democrat Jim Matheson to the U.S. House. Clearly, partisanship is an issue -- one that the state could avoid by adopting a proportional voting in a statewide race.
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New Mexico Redistricting: Super Districts for U.S. House
- Posted: May 24, 2011
- Author(s): Dean Searcy
- Categories: Home, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, Cumulative Voting, FairVote
When it comes to the complexities of redistricting, New Mexico is no exception. On May 14th, It's legislative leaders named an 18-member committee to work on the monumental task. In the past, several Congressional redistricting maps have ended up in the courts due to fights over partisanship and incumbent protection - leaving the judicial system to redraw the lines. In the 1960s, however, New Mexico elected its U.S. House seats at-large - and should do so again in a single "super district," but this time witih a proportional voting system providing fairer representation.
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Debunking the Myths about Port Chester
- Posted: June 25, 2010
- Author(s): Alec Slatky
- Categories: Proportional Voting, Cumulative Voting
Port Chester's historic Board of Trustees election this past month has drawn national attention for its use of cumulative voting. But the amount of misinformation found in the media coverage is high, so FairVote would like to correct some of the most common fallacies.
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Port Chester Elections Draw National Attention
- Posted: June 18, 2010
- Categories: Home, Cumulative Voting
On June 15th, the Village of Port Chester (NY) held New York's first-ever election with cumulative voting. Turning out in sharply higher numbers than recent Village elections, voters elected all six trustees on Port Chester's governing body. Winners reflected the Village's diversity by such measures as party (two Republicans, two Democrats and two non major-party candidates) and race/ethnicity (first African American and Latino candidates ever to win in trustee elections).
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Judge approves plan for June trustee election
- Posted: January 8, 2010
- Author(s): Jananne Abel
- Publication: Port Chester Westmore News
- Categories: Home, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Cumulative Voting, FairVote
Port Chester will use an at-large cumulative voting system to elect its trustees in 2010: “I think that all parties worked very well and very hard together to come up with a novel approach to a cumulative voting program,” said Randolph McLaughlin . . . a Pace University Law School professor. “The voter education program we put together is a model for the rest of the country.”
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AISD trustees earn new terms
- Posted: April 26, 2009
- Publication: www.amarillo.com
- Categories: Cumulative Voting, FairVote
Cumulative Voting expected to return incumbents to the Amarillo Independent School District Board. -
Cumulative vote - again
- Posted: April 4, 2009
- Author(s): Editorial
- Publication: www.amarillo.com
- Categories: Cumulative Voting, FairVote
Amarillo voters get ready for another election with cumulative voting. -
E-Newsletter December 19, 2008
- Posted: December 19, 2008
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, Cumulative Voting, FairVote
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PR Win in South Dakota
- Posted: December 19, 2008
- Categories: Cumulative Voting, FairVote
In an unprecedented decision, the US Court of Appeals upheld the district court’s remedial plan for cumulative voting in South Dakota.