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Arizona Defeats Top Two Primary: What's Next for Reformers?
- Posted: November 9, 2012
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Home, Reforms, FairVote
As the nation eagerly followed the incoming results of the Presidential election on Tuesday, we at FairVote also kept a keen eye on the results of a handful of electoral reform ballot measures, including Arizona's vote on Proposition 121, the Top Two primary law. We were concerned about the impact that this proposed form of Top Two might have in Arizona. But Prop 121's defeat became apparent early in the evening, with over two-thirds of Arizona voting against it.
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Pledge to Stand with Voters: A New FairVote Initiative
- Posted: November 8, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Lizz Hudler
- Categories: Home, Reforms, Right to Vote Amendment, FairVote
With our pledge to Stand with Voters FairVote asserts that it's time to fight for democratic principle over partisan politicking. Promoting and protecting our representative democracy is far more important than seeking short-term advantage in electoral rules.
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2012 Election Night Congressional Scorecard
- Posted: November 6, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Congressional Elections
Predict the winner of the national congressional vote on election night using district partisanship data from early returns!
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E-Newsletter November 5, 2012
- Posted: November 5, 2012
- Categories: Home, FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters
It's Monday, November 5: one day to Election Day, the culmination of a presidential election marathon that started well before the Iowa caucuses last January. We obviously hope every eligible voter on this list participates -- and joins us in a lasting commitment to the right to vote by participating in our Promote Our Vote campaign, building a movement to establish an affirmative right to vote in the Constitution, grounded in local efforts to protect voting rights and boost participation.
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Stamp Out Democracy on the Cheap
- Posted: November 5, 2012
- Author(s): Patricia Hart
- Categories: Home, Voting Rights
One first class stamp: 45 cents. One extra ounce to ship: 20 cents. Voting in a democracy: priceless.
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Nine House Races to Watch (and Five You Don’t Have To) on Election Night
- Posted: November 3, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Congressional Elections
These are the races that prominent election forecasters might get wrong by underestimating the importance of district partisanship in determining the outcome of congressional elections. See what FairVote's partisanship-based analysis predicts.
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New Report Analyzes the Effect of Top Two in Washington State
- Posted: October 25, 2012
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Home, Instant Runoff Voting
The Top Two primary system has drawn increasing attention as a way to reform our elections. Instead of conducting ordinary partisan primaries, Top Two jurisdictions run an open preliminary in which all candidates run against each other irrespective of party label. Then, the two candidates who receive the most votes run against each other again in the general election. In a new report, FairVote takes a "just the facts" approach to how Top Two has operated in Washington State since 2008.
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Top Two in Washington State
- Posted: October 25, 2012
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, All Reports
The Top Two primary system has drawn increasing attention as a way to reform our elections. Rather than have parties nominate candidates who then face off in a general election, it establishes two rounds of voting: the first a "preliminary" to reduce the field to two candidates and the second a final runoff between the top two finishers. Candidates pick their own party label, and that label has no impact on which candidates advance.
Louisiana for years was the only state using a form of the system for both state and federal elections. Washington State started using the system in 2008. California implemented it in 2012, and Arizona voters may adopt it in a November 2012 ballot measure. This report looks at the impact of the Top Two primary in Washington State in the two and a half election cycles in which it has been used. The report focuses on state legislative elections, but also summarizes results to date in congressional and statewide elections.
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E-Newsletter October 24, 2012
- Posted: October 24, 2012
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, Home
We're in the final two weeks of the election, and there's a lot going on in states across the nation as we approach a hugely important election. News from FairVote includes: Krist live on CSPAN, fairvoting.us, Electoral Dysfunction...
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FairVote Report: Low Turnout Plagues U.S. Mayoral Elections, but San Francisco is Highest
- Posted: October 24, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home
A new dataset compiled by FairVote reveals that low voter turnout is pervasive in recent mayoral elections in the 22 largest U.S. cities.