Content Categorized with "Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies"
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Voting Rights Act turns 45
- Posted: August 6, 2010
- Author(s): Right to Vote Blog, Tom Sanchez
- Categories: Home, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, D.C. Voting Rights
Although the Voting Rights Act turns 45, we still have much ground to cover in the effort to obtain an constitutional Right to Vote.
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The November Illinois Senate Election and the Value of Voting
- Posted: August 4, 2010
- Author(s): Patrick Withers
- Categories: Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies
Illinois voters will vote twice this November for US Senate, one to fill the seat for six years and one to sill the seat for a matter of weeks. What does this admittedly bizzare situation have to teach us about the value of democracy?
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The Nation's Katrina Vanden Heuvel Congratulates FairVote's 'Sweet Victories'
- Posted: January 8, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Home, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, FairVote
FairVote got a very flattering shout-out from Nation editor Katrina Vanden Heuvel in her blog today.
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Ocean State Un-Vetoes Electoral Reform
- Posted: January 7, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, Universal Voter Registration, FairVote
This past Tuesday, FairVote and its friends in America's most wee state were very happy, as the state legislature reversed the vetoes of two bills close to our hearts: pre-registration and U.S. Senate vacancies.
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Rhode Island Legislature Overrides Electoral Reform Vetoes
- Posted: January 6, 2010
- Categories: Home, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, Universal Voter Registration
The Rhode Island State Senate and House of Representatives yesterday voted to override two gubernatorial vetoes of landmark electoral reform legislation, thereby enacting FairVote-initiated measures allowing voter pre-registration for 16 and 17-year-olds and mandating popular elections to fill all U.S. Senate vacancies.
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Rhode Island Enacts FairVote-Backed Electoral Reforms
- Posted: January 6, 2010
- Categories: Home, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, FairVote
Rhode Island's state legislature on January 5 voted by overwhelming margins to override gubernatorial vetoes of measures establishing voter pre-registration for 16 and 17-year-olds and popular elections to fill all U.S. Senate vacancies. FairVote Rhode Island was the catalyst for these important reform victories.
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R.I. Gov. Thinks 0.0001% Turnout for U.S. Senate Elections is Just Fine
- Posted: November 10, 2009
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Home, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, FairVote
Shocking no one but disappointing many, Rhode Island's Gov. Carcieri vetoed legislation that would have mandated a special election in the case of a vacancy in one of the state's U.S. Senate seats.
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They Didn't Stop to Think if They Should
- Posted: October 16, 2009
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies
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Florida Senate vacancy process a reminder of messiness of appointments
- Posted: August 27, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, Right to Vote Amendment
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Sen. Ted Kennedy: A loss for the nation should not mean a loss for democracy
- Posted: August 26, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies