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National Popular Vote Wins Big in Massachusetts House
- Posted: June 2, 2010
- Categories: Home, National Popular Vote
The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 114-35 today in favor of the National Popular Vote (NPV) plan.
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Voter Choice Reform Soars in UK, US
- Posted: May 5, 2010
- Categories: Choice Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, Instant Runoff Voting
Close three-party election in the United Kingdom makes Instant Runoff Voting reform a much-discussed issue.
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IRV Upheld by Federal Court
- Posted: April 20, 2010
- Categories: Home, Fair Elections, Fair Representation, Fair Access to Participation, Proportional Voting, Instant Runoff 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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Maryland Passes Youth Voter Pre-registration
- Posted: April 13, 2010
- Categories: Home, Fair Access to Participation, FairVote, Universal Voter Registration
The Maryland General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to make their state the fifth to set a uniform voter registration age of 16-years-old.
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National Popular Vote Gains Momentum
- Posted: April 2, 2010
- Categories: Fair Elections, Home, National Popular Vote, FairVote
A series of new endorsements for the National Popular Vote Plan shows a growing desire to change our outdated system for electing the president.
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New York Times' Thomas Friedman proposes IRV & Redistricting Reform
- Posted: March 24, 2010
- Categories: Fair Elections, Home, Instant Runoff Voting
Prize-winning author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman on March 24th endorsed innovations to empower new voices in American politics.
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Port Chester Will Use New Voting System
- Posted: March 9, 2010
- Categories: Choice Voting/Proportional Representation
On June 15th, 2010 the Village of Port Chester, New York will become the first community in the state to elect its’ representative body through a semi-proportional system of elections known as “cumulative voting”. The village’s six seat Board of Trustees, as in the past, will be elected through an at-large election. Through cumulative voting, voters continue to have the same number of votes as seats, but will now have the freedom to distribute their votes as they please, including casting more than one vote for a favorite candidate.
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Port Chester will use Cumulative Voting
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Pennsylvania Committee Backs FairVote Reform
- Posted: March 9, 2010
- Categories: Fair Access to Participation, FairVote, Universal Voter Registration
A Pennsylvania legislative committee backed a bill that would allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries if they will be eligible to vote in the general election.
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FairVote Signs Voting Equipment Letter
- Posted: February 18, 2010
- Categories: Home, Fair Elections, Democracy SOS Project, FairVote
Last week, FairVote signed onto a letter to the Department of Justice advising against allowing the largest voting equipment vendor, ES&S, from buying its next largest competitor, Diebold's Premier Elections Solutions, Inc. FairVote has been a long-time supporter of transparency and accountability in the voting equipment industry and believes that states and municipalities should have a "public option" for purchasing equipment. FairVote allies Common Cause and the Advancement Project were among the signatories to the letter.