Book Review: 'Independent Politics' by Samara Klar and Yanna Krupnikov
Posted on What's New Chris Hughes on March 15, 2019

"Independent Politics" offers research-driven insight into the true preferences and voting patterns of American independent voters
Read moreMinneapolis voters give ranked choice voting high marks after third RCV election
Posted on What's New Chris Hughes on December 21, 2018

A decisive 92 percent majority of Minneapolis voters surveyed after the 2017 election said ranked choice voting was simple.
Read moreEven with high turnout, Mississippi runoffs come at a cost
Posted on Quick News Chris Hughes on November 30, 2018

While Mississippi's Senate runoff saw unusually high turnout, it still cost unnecessary time, resources and money
Read moreReinventing the runoff
Posted on What's New Chris Hughes on November 26, 2018

Upcoming runoffs in Mississippi, Georgia and Pueblo risk low turnout at a high cost. Ranked choice voting offers a better way to protect majority rule.
Read moreWestern Massachusetts voters show support for ranked choice voting
Posted on Quick News Chris Hughes on November 12, 2018

An advisory ballot question on ranked choice voting won favor with 62 percent of voters in western Mass
Read moreRanked choice voting in US goes back more than a hundred years
Posted on Quick News Chris Hughes on July 02, 2018

Maine's statewide use of RCV is historic, but not first.
Read moreHouse Committee Votes to Eliminate Agency Tasked With Improving Elections
Posted on Quick News Chris Hughes on February 10, 2017

The House Committee on Administration voted this week to advance H.R. 634, the Election Assistance Commission Termination Act, to consideration by Congress. The bill proposes eliminating the Election Assistance Commission, an agency designed to safeguard and improve administration of elections in the United States.
Read moreGeorgia Avoids Low Turnout Senate Runoff
Posted on What's New Chris Hughes on November 08, 2016

News outlets are now calling Georgia’s Senate race for Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson, who will be elected to his third term as Georgia’s Senior Senator. Isakson has defeated both Democrat Jim Barksdale and Libertarian Allen Buckley. There was a time earlier in the campaign where the result was not so clear-cut, and Georgia may have had to conduct a statewide runoff election for Senator due to the majority vote requirement enshrined in their constitution for all public offices.
Read moreDavid Grosso, RCV Supporter, Re-Elected to DC Council
Posted on What's New Chris Hughes on November 08, 2016

D.C. Council Member David Grosso, Independent, was re-elected to his At-Large D.C. Council seat today. Council Member Grosso is a big supporter of ranked choice voting in D.C., having introduced the “Instant Runoff Voting Amendment Act” in 2014 and 2015.
Read moreFairVote Legal Staff Promote Fair Representation Voting in Law Review Issue Celebrating Voting Rights Act
Posted on What's New Chris Hughes on August 24, 2016

Last year was the 50th Anniversary of the March on Selma and the passage of the seminal Voting Rights Act of 1965, which changed the course of minority voting power in American politics, and just last week celebrated its 51st Anniversary. To honor that legacy, the Cumberland Law Review at the Stamford School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama dedicated an issue of its most recent volume to the history, impact, and future of the VRA, to which FairVote contributed an article about adopting ranked choice voting in multi-winner districts for Congress.
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