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E-Newsletter February 4, 2009
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Senate Vacancies
- Posted: January 29, 2009
- Categories: FairVote, Policy Perspectives
Wafting through the Winds of Change is the stench of 19th century political gamesmanship and cronyism: The undemocratic and undignified scrum among our country's political insiders -- to fill four prominent US Senate vacancies -- would have been familiar to Americans of 100-plus years past, when all Senators were appointed by the powerful.
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FairVote Testimony on Ideas for Local Reform
- Posted: January 28, 2009
- Categories: FairVote, Innovative Analysis
Look at Robert Richie's speech at Washington DC Council Board of Elections and Ethics.
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E-Newsletter December 19, 2008
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E-Newsletter December 19, 2008
- Posted: December 19, 2008
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, Cumulative Voting, FairVote
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FairVote Announces Inaugural Democracy Innovator Awards
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E-Newsletter November 7, 2008
- Posted: November 7, 2008
- Categories: FairVote Reformer E-Newsletters, Fair Elections, FairVote
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Presidential Candidate Tracker - Oct. 29th Update
- Posted: October 29, 2008
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
In the eight weeks since the Republican convention, the major party candidates for president and vice-president have devoted 99% of their campaign visits to 17 states and 81% of their campaign visits to only ten states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. With the exception of New York, these ten most-visited states are heavily contested battleground states with relatively large populations. This stockpiling of campaign attention into a handful of states is a direct consequence of the current Electoral College system. That system is governed by state statutes that by 2012 may be replaced by the National Popular Vote plan for president where every vote will be of equal weight wherever it is cast.
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New Study: Large Counties in Swing States May Face Election Day Problems
- Posted: October 27, 2008
- Categories: Democracy SOS Project, FairVote
Voters in the largest counties in 10 key swing states may experience problems on Election Day because of insufficient preparation and inadequate poll booth and machine allocation plans, according to a report released today by FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group.
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With two weeks to go, presidential candidates spoil six lucky states
- Posted: October 22, 2008
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
After nearly two years of campaigning, the 2008 presidential election will be over in just 13 days. For voters in most states, they won't see the candidates between now and Election Day nor experience campaign activity generated by the presidential campaigns. They will be voyeurs to the "real action" taking place in an ever-shrinking number of presidential battlegrounds.