FairVote Media Round-up (6-8-18-edition)
Posted on June 08, 2018
Read FairVote's Media Round-up to find out about what's happening in democracy today around #RankedChoiceVoting
Communications Fellow
Myeisha Boyd is the Communications Fellow at FairVote. She grew up in Danbury, CT and graduated from the University of Hartford in Connecticut with her Bachelor's Degree in Politics and Government. Prior to FairVote her past experience includes: being a Casework Intern for Senator Richard Blumenthal, where she assisted staff with constituent casework, a Student Volunteer in the Office of Presidential Correspondence for the Obama Administration, where she sent greeting requests, and a Legislative Aide Intern for Mayor Luke Bronin of Hartford, CT, where she sent letters on behalf of the Mayor and monitored bills in the Connecticut State Capitol. Through both her educational and work experiences, she developed a passion for election reform, fair representation, advocacy and public policy. She is excited to join a team that looks beyond party lines to achieve a fairer democracy.
Read FairVote's Media Round-up to find out about what's happening in democracy today around #RankedChoiceVoting
Yesterday, New Mexico’s second largest city, Las Cruces, decided to follow in the steps of Santa Fe and adopt ranked choice voting (RCV) for municipal elections.
In recent piece for Salon, FairVote’s Senior Fellow David Daley takes a look at the two cases of partisan gerrymandering in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Benisek v. Lamone and Gill v. Whitford.
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