Entries from March, 2012

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• Congressional Redistricting Matters, and It’s Hurting This Country: a Response to Michael Barone

  • Posted: March 22, 2012
  • Author(s): Sheahan Virgin
  • Categories: Home, Congressional Elections, Redistricting, Cumulative Voting

  Recently, pundit Michael Barone argued in The National Review that redistricting in 2011 has turned out to “matter less than we thought.” But Barone is mistaken, overly concerned about redistricting’s impact on each major party rather its effect on voters already trapped within a troubling winner-take-all framework. Furthermore, Barone is wrong to say that partisan redistricting in 2011 has produced “clean” lines. It has not. With our unique take on redistricting and focus on voters, not political parties, FairVote sets the record straight in its rebuttle to Barone. 

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• Puerto Rico and Other Territories Vote in Primaries, But Not in General Election

  • Posted: March 19, 2012
  • Author(s): Elise Helgesen
  • Categories: Home

  The Republican presidential primary in Puerto Rico is a reminder of the lack of federal voting rights for Puerto Ricans and all U.S. citizens living in U.S. territories. Although citizens, they will be unable to vote in the general election for president and Congress.

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• Legal Memo on Wisconsin Case Striking Down Voter ID Law Based on State Constitution

  • Posted: March 9, 2012
  • Author(s): Elise Helgesen
  • Categories: Home

  Check out our analysis of a recent Wisconsin case striking down the state's restrictive voter ID law and upholding the right to vote.

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• Egypt and the Winner-Take-All Distortion

  • Posted: March 8, 2012
  • Author(s): Sheahan Virgin, Arab Spring Series, Hüseyin Koyuncu
  • Categories: Home, Middle East and Africa, Elections Worldwide

  After previously explaining the hybrid election system recently used by Egypt in its parliamentary elections, we here analyze how use of winner-take-all elections for many seats distorted fair representation of political views and women. Seats elected by proportional representation provided far more representative results.

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• International Women's Day: Time for Political Equality

  • Posted: March 8, 2012
  • Author(s): Lindsey Needham
  • Categories: Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote, Elections Worldwide

  Today, March 8th, is International Women's Day! As we honor the accomplishments of women all over the world, FairVote takes a moment to investigate the lack of women in political office. What can we do to increase women's representation?

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