Content Categorized with "Fair Access to Participation"
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DOJ challenges merger between two largest voting equipment suppliers
- Posted: March 15, 2010
- Author(s): Geoffrey Porter
- Categories: Fair Elections, Home, Research & Analysis, Reports, Fair Access to Participation, Reforms
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and nine states filed a Lawsuit against Election Systems and Software (ES&S), the largest supplier of voting machines in the U.S., in response to the purchase, last year, of its biggest competitor, Premier Election Solutions.
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Pennsylvania Committee Backs FairVote Reform
- Posted: March 9, 2010
- Categories: Universal Voter Registration, Fair Access to Participation, 17-year-old Primary Voting Fact Sheet, FairVote
A Pennsylvania legislative committee backed a bill that would allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries if they will be eligible to vote in the general election.
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Iraq’s 2010 Parliamentary Election - Part 3: The Electoral Process as a Stabilizer for the Country
- Posted: March 8, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Home, Fair Elections, Fair Representation, Research & Analysis, Fair Access to Participation, Proportional Voting, Innovative Analysis, International Snapshot, FairVote
Yesterday, about 18.9 million eligible Iraqis had the opportunity to elect their 325-member Council of Representatives through an open-list proportional system. Counting is now underway and the first partial results could be released later this week. In the meantime, there is a lot to be said about how this Iraqi election is impacting the country’s political future.
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Iraq’s 2010 Parliamentary Election - Part 2: A Refined PR System to Improve Representation
- Posted: March 5, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Home, Fair Elections, Democracy SOS Project, Research & Analysis, Fair Representation, Proportional Voting, Fair Access to Participation, Innovative Analysis, International Snapshot, FairVote
This Sunday, Iraq will elect its parliament for the third time in five years. For the first time, they will use an “open” list proportional system, which is seen as a major step to cement Iraqi democracy.
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FairVote testifies to Maryland Senate Committee
- Posted: February 26, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Fair Elections, Home, Universal Voter Registration, Fair Access to Participation, Learning Democracy, Policy Perspectives, Reforms, Limited Voting, FairVote
Yesterday, the Maryland Senate Education, Health & Environmental Committee held a public hearing on several election bills. FairVote’s Right to Vote Director Adam Fogel testified in favor of two of the bills that are sponsored by Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-20):
- SB 292, which will set a uniform voter registration age of 16
- SB 293, which will establish a permanent absentee ballot list. -
Anything Else, Mr. President?
- Posted: January 28, 2010
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: Home, Fair Access to Participation, D.C. Voting Rights
The issue of DC Voting Rights was conspicuously absent from last night's State of the Union Address.
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Felon Disenfranchisement: A Relic of the Past
- Posted: January 13, 2010
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: Right to Vote Amendment, Home, Fair Access to Participation, Felon Disenfranchisement
People convicted of felonies are permanently disenfranchised in two states--Virginia and Kentucky. History shows that felon disenfranchisement laws are a relic of the days of Jim Crow.
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Virginia's ballot-box disgrace
- Posted: January 13, 2010
- Publication: Washington Post
- Categories: Home, Fair Access to Participation, FairVote, Felon Disenfranchisement
Washington Post editorial comes out forcefully in favor of overturning Virginia's restrictions on felons' voting rights, which it calls "nothing short of a scandal."
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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, Fair Access to Participation, 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: Universal Voter Registration, Fair Access to Participation, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, 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.