Entries Categorized with "Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies"

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• Voting Rights Act turns 45

  • Posted: August 6, 2010
  • Author(s): Right to Vote Blog, Tom Sanchez
  • Categories: Home, Fair Access to Participation, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, D.C. Voting Rights

  Although the Voting Rights Act turns 45, we still have much ground to cover in the effort to obtain an constitutional Right to Vote.

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• The November Illinois Senate Election and the Value of Voting

  • Posted: August 4, 2010
  • Author(s): Patrick Withers
  • Categories: Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies

   

  Illinois voters will vote twice this November for US Senate, one to fill the seat for six years and one to sill the seat for a matter of weeks.  What does this admittedly bizzare situation have to teach us about the value of democracy?

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• The Nation's Katrina Vanden Heuvel Congratulates FairVote's 'Sweet Victories'

  • Posted: January 8, 2010
  • Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
  • Categories: Home, Fair Access to Participation, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, FairVote

  FairVote got a very flattering shout-out from Nation editor Katrina Vanden Heuvel in her blog today. 

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• Ocean State Un-Vetoes Electoral Reform

  • Posted: January 7, 2010
  • Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
  • Categories: Fair Access to Participation, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, FairVote, Universal Voter Registration

  This past Tuesday, FairVote and its friends in America's most wee state were very happy, as the state legislature reversed the vetoes of two bills close to our hearts: pre-registration and U.S. Senate vacancies.

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• R.I. Gov. Thinks 0.0001% Turnout for U.S. Senate Elections is Just Fine

  • Posted: November 10, 2009
  • Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
  • Categories: Home, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies, FairVote
  • Tags: rhode island, carcieri

  Shocking no one but disappointing many, Rhode Island's Gov. Carcieri vetoed legislation that would have mandated a special election in the case of a vacancy in one of the state's U.S. Senate seats.

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• They Didn't Stop to Think if They Should

  • Posted: October 16, 2009
  • Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
  • Categories: Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies

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• Florida Senate vacancy process a reminder of messiness of appointments

  • Posted: August 27, 2009
  • Author(s): Rob Richie
  • Categories: Right to Vote Amendment, Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies

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• Sen. Ted Kennedy: A loss for the nation should not mean a loss for democracy

  • Posted: August 26, 2009
  • Author(s): Rob Richie
  • Categories: Elections for U.S. Senate Vacancies

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