Entries from July, 2012
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Electing Lords: A Unique Opportunity for Electoral Reform in the British Upper House
- Posted: July 31, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Europe, Reforms, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Elections Worldwide
A lordship, by its very definition, has historically not been an elected office. But there is a strong movement in the British House of Commons to transform the upper house of the British parliament, the House of Lords, into a largely elected body based on proportional representation. This reform is long overdue.
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North Carolina’s Miniscule Runoff Turnout Undercuts Legitimacy
- Posted: July 24, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home
A higher percentage of Americans believe in vampires than voted in North Carolina's July 17th primary runoff for nominations for Congress and key statewide offices. Unless North Carolina wants to risk a vampire or a similarly extreme candidate winning an election, it needs to change its runoff system. Instant runoff voting is the solution.
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Instant Runoff Voting in Action in Takoma Park
- Posted: July 18, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Jared Gay
- Categories: Home, Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Our analysis of the July 18 thinstant runoff election in Takoma Park, Maryland. We include information from an exit survey regarding opinions of instant runoff voting.
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Swing States of America: Candidate Tracker and News, July 10
- Posted: July 10, 2012
- Author(s): Jared Gay, Erin Ellis
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Home
President Obama campaigns in swing state Iowa and Romney in swing state Colorado; mobilizing black female voters could be a tiebreaker for Obama; Missouri, now a red-leaning state, is becoming "irrelevant."
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Libya's 'Hybrid' Election Rules and Why They Are Less Than Ideal
- Posted: July 5, 2012
- Author(s): Arab Spring Series, Erin Ellis
- Categories: Home, Middle East and Africa, Elections Worldwide
On July 7, Libya will hold its first democratic elections since 1964. FairVote explains Libya's hybrid election system for the 200-seat General National Congress and how it could be better if all seats were elected by a form of proportional representation.
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The Current Electoral College is Like the World Series (Which is Why We Need to Change It)
- Posted: July 2, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
If you've followed the debate over the Electoral College, you may have heard the argument that the College's structural similarity to baseball's World Series is a good argument for keeping its current winner-take-all rules. That argument is flawed.