Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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IRV offers new strategies for Minneapolis candidates
- Posted: October 16, 2009
- Author(s): Brandt Williams
- Publication: MPR News
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
In Minneapolis, IRV has been introduced and the candidates and the supporters are already noticing a difference. -
Haven't Detroit voters spoken enough?
- Posted: October 16, 2009
- Author(s): Brian Dickerson
- Publication: Livingston Daily
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
In Detroit, there have been three mayors in the past two years and the current one has come under scrutiny. Perhaps a system like instant runoff voting will help bring political stability to motor city. -
Instant runoff voting will save money but not raise turnout
- Posted: October 15, 2009
- Author(s): Lynne Serpe
- Publication: YourNabe.com
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Candidate Lynne Serpe of New York's 22nd district wants the city to use IRV because it will make elections more democratic. -
Instant runoffs could curb negative ads
- Posted: October 15, 2009
- Publication: Crain's New York Business
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
State Senator Liz Krueger of New York says that IRV would cut down on negative ads and raise voter turnout. -
A Stone's Throw
- Posted: October 14, 2009
- Author(s): Andy Stone
- Publication: The Aspen Times
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Andy Stone runs through the positives and the negatives behind different voting systems. -
The simple solution is to vote
- Posted: October 14, 2009
- Author(s): Brian Hicks
- Publication: The Post and Courier
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
Mount Pleasant Mayoral candidates aren't happy with the electoral system, with three candidates, it is likely the winner will win with less than a majority. IRV could help places like Mount Pleasant come out with a clear majority if they would adopt -
Independent Voters Have Little Voice In Congress; Isn't It Time to Change That?
- Posted: October 10, 2009
- Author(s): Joe Rothstein
- Publication: U.S. Politics Today
- Categories: Democracy SOS Project, Instant Runoff Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
The voiceless population and what we can do to give independents and 3rd parties a chance to speak. -
DC Council Unanimously Approves FairVote-Backed Reform Bill
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DC Council Approves Landmark Election Reform Legislation
- Posted: October 9, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
The Washington D.C. City Council unanimously approved the Omnibus Election Reform Act of 2009 on Tuesday. If given final approval at the council's next meeting (scheduled next month), this landmark piece of legislation will usher in a wave of significant improvements to the District's voting and registration rules to bring more residents into the political process, and will commission a study of automatic voter registration--in which all eligible voters in the District would be automatically registered to vote.
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City of 8 Million Was a Ghost Town at the Polls
- Posted: October 6, 2009
- Author(s): Sam Roberts
- Publication: New York Times
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
As turnout numbers for New York City's primary runoffs dwindle, IRV is being taken seriously as an alternative.