Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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Voting Equipment and the Way Elections Are Run
- Posted: November 7, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Publication: New York Times
- Categories: Research & Analysis, FairVote
Rob Richie's letter to the editor on the dangers of the consolidation of the voting equipment industry -- placed in contrast to one of the leaders of that same industry.
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IRV Soars in Twin Cities, FairVote Corrects the Pundits on Meaning of Election Night '09
- Posted: November 5, 2009
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, FairVote
Election Day '09 was a roller-coaster for election reformers. Instant runoff voting had a great night in Minnesota, where St. Paul voters chose to implement IRV for its city elections, and Minneapolis voters used IRV for the first time.
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Mike Huckabee Inadvertently Makes the Case for IRV
- Posted: November 5, 2009
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, FairVote
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D.C. City Council Passes Election Omnibus
- Posted: November 5, 2009
- Author(s): Adam Fogel
- Categories: Home, D.C. Voting Rights, FairVote
The D.C. City Council passed the final reading of the the sweeping Omnibus Election Reform Act of 2009.
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FairVote on Election 2009: Pundits Rush to Errant Judgment
- Posted: November 4, 2009
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Rob Richie, elections expert and executive director of the nonpartisan elections think tank FairVote, warned pundits and prognosticators to think twice about their analysis of Tuesday's elections and their relevance to the national mood. "Just as Democratic successes in gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia in 2001 in no way predicted the GOP-dominated electoral outcomes in federal elections in 2002 and 2004, we should be skeptical that last night's Republican victories in those states will have any meaning beyond themselves," said Richie.
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Minneapolis' first election with instant runoff voting-- smooth for voters
- Posted: November 3, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, FairVote
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Don Fraser and George Latimer: The case for instant-runoff voting is clear
- Posted: October 30, 2009
- Author(s): Don Frasier and George Latimer
- Publication: Star Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Two former politicians tell St. Paul voters that IRV is "vitally important to us as citizens and as members of our communities." -
Plurality voting rule is the real election spoiler
- Posted: October 29, 2009
- Author(s): John B. Anderson
- Publication: Baltimore Sun
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
In the midst of 3-way races in NJ and NY, FairVote board member and 1980 presidential candidate John Anderson makes the case for IRV over our flawed plurality system. -
E-Newsletter October 29, 2009
- Posted: October 29, 2009
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, FairVote
Features:
- Better Elections on the Ballot on November 3rd
- IRV in Major Media, New Movement in Massachusetts
- California Pre-registration Victory and Progress on Fair Access in the U.S. House
- Fair Representation: New congressional legislation, state reform drive and voting rights win
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CHARTER AMENDMENT 3: County voters would lose power
- Posted: October 25, 2009
- Author(s): Richard Anderson-Connolly
- Publication: The News Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Amendment 3 to the Pierce county charter is an attempt by incumbent politicians to rig the system and prevent any serious challengers from competing. IRV is simply too fair and too democratic to not keep using in our electoral system.