Content Categorized with "Proportional Voting"
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The Next Step Beyond Honor and Sanity?
- Posted: November 1, 2010
- Author(s): Krist Novoselic
- Categories: Home, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, FairVote
Moving beyond rhetoric and labels, Krist Novoselic, FairVote's Board Chair, discusses ways to reinvigorate the political system.
Krist writes: "We’ve seen voters coalesce around a celebrity candidate, but we could very well soon see a celebrity-initiated new party."
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Debunking the Myths about Port Chester
- Posted: June 25, 2010
- Author(s): Alec Slatky
- Categories: Proportional Voting, Cumulative Voting
Port Chester's historic Board of Trustees election this past month has drawn national attention for its use of cumulative voting. But the amount of misinformation found in the media coverage is high, so FairVote would like to correct some of the most common fallacies.
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Drawn Into the Fray: Thinking Outside the Single Member District Box
- Posted: June 23, 2010
- Author(s): Patrick Withers
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Proportional Voting
Since the foundation of our democracy, gerrymandering, or the strategic drawing of districts to somehow bias the electoral result, has been an important, albeit nefarious, component of American politics. It is common, especially in census years, for voters to rail against politicians on both sides of the aisle for using gerrymandering to secure their own party's power. While there is plenty of blame to go around, perhaps there is a larger problem lying underneath the surface. Perhaps the problem lies in the creation of single-member districts itself.
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"Presidential Elections" in Cyprus: Part 4
- Posted: May 6, 2010
- Author(s): Amanda Naldjieff
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Research & Analysis, Proportional Voting
"...And the Results Are In!"
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"Presidential Elections" in Cyprus: Part 3
- Posted: May 6, 2010
- Author(s): Amanda Naldjieff
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Research & Analysis, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting
"How Does an "Election" within an Unrecognized State SIgnificantly Affect the International Community?"
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Iraq’s 2010 Parliamentary Election – Part 7: Politics Blowing Up Democracy
- Posted: April 29, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Home, Research & Analysis, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, FairVote
Pauline Lejeune is analyzing the post-election situation in Iraq.
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The day FairVote decided to vote on lunch
- Posted: April 27, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Research & Analysis, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, Women's Representation, FairVote
Today, we could not decide on what to order and realizing that we are the voting system experts, we thought it would be great to cast votes before making any decision. Different systems can get different winners and this was a great opportunity to test their fairness and impact.
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French Regional elections: With "proportional" system, the devil is in the details...
- Posted: April 27, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting, Women's Representation
On March 14th and 21st, French voters elected their 26 regional councils. A main point of interest, beyond the results, is how the semi-proportional system used for the regional elections distorts the electoral dynamics, and how well represented women are.
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IRV Upheld by Federal Court
- Posted: April 20, 2010
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Proportional Voting, FairVote
On April 16, Federal District Court Judge Richard Seeborg upheld the constitutionality of San Francisco’s instant runoff voting system, the first time a federal court has reviewed IRV. San Francisco has used IRV every November since 2004 with machines that allow voters to rank up to three candidates. Judge Seeborg rejected arguments that not allowing voters to rank all candidates violates the Constitution and explained why jurisdictions might prefer it to traditional winner-take-all systems. Other California cities moving forward with IRV elections this year include Berkeley, Oakland and San Leandro.
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"Presidential Elections" in Cyprus: Part 2
- Posted: April 17, 2010
- Author(s): Amanda Naldjieff
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Research & Analysis, Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Proportional Voting
"And the Candidates are… :: drum roll ::"