Content Categorized with "Innovative Analysis"
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Term Limits Strengthen Colombia's Democracy
- Posted: March 10, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Home, Fair Elections, Research & Analysis, Innovative Analysis, International Snapshot, FairVote
A couple of weeks ago, the Colombian Constitutional Court rejected legislation calling for a referendum that would have increased presidential term limits from two to three terms.
This decision prevents President Alvaro Uribe from running for a third straight term in office and sends a strong signal to the international community: the burgeoning Colombian democracy won’t be part of the autocratic wave in South America. -
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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Oakland OKs IRV
- Posted: January 6, 2010
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Home, Fair Elections, Innovative Analysis, FairVote
The city council of Oakland, California overwhelmingly voted on January 5 to adopt instant runoff voting for its mayoral and council elections next year. Voting 6-2, the council is enacting a 2006 voter-approved mandate to implement the reform, a measure that won 69% support.
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Suffragium Ex Machina
- Posted: November 12, 2009
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Innovative Analysis, FairVote
Today the machinery of American democracy (literally) is increasingly dependent on one large corporation with little interest in transparency, competition or innovations that might affect its bottom line. For years FairVote has proposed publicly controlled voting processes, ideally with transparent administration and clear lines of accountability grounded in publicly owned voting equipment.
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FairVote Voting Rights Analysis Has National Impact
- Posted: September 10, 2009
- Categories: Innovative Analysis, FairVote
FairVote has developed and backed electoral reforms based on our vision of a democracy grounded in respect for every vote and every voice, including requiring all Members of Congress to be elected, ensuring all American jurisdictions have an option to purchase publicly owned voting equipment and establishing fair presidential nomination rules.
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If You Proportionally Allocate, They Will Come
- Posted: August 27, 2009
- Categories: Fair Access to Participation, Presidential Nominations Reform, Innovative Analysis, FairVote
Turnout between the major parties for the 2008 presidential nomination cycle was disparate, to say the least. Democratic turnout nearly doubled those of the Republicans over all, and nearly tripled the Republicans’ turnout post-Super Tuesday, February 5th.
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Primary Power to the People
- Posted: July 17, 2009
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Nominations Reform, Innovative Analysis, FairVote
The parties should begin to debate a plan that includes traditional state-based nomination contests culminating in a final, decisive national primary.
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The Swing States of America
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Get 'Em (Ready to Vote) While They're Young
- Posted: May 26, 2009
- Author(s): David Segal, Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Reports, Research & Analysis, Universal Voter Registration, Fair Access to Participation, Innovative Analysis, FairVote
A movement is growing within the states to swing the doors of our democracy wide open, encouraging and facilitating the active participation of young people in the electoral process.