Reforming the Recall: Better Elections Lead to Better Outcomes
Posted on What's New Rob Richie, David Daley on July 09, 2021

The signatures are confirmed, and Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a recall vote this fall. Now all that remains is the months-long campaign process and spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars. California recall elections are needlessly complicated, and risk replacing an elected official with someone even less popular.
Read moreRCV and the polls
Posted on What's New David Daley on June 22, 2021

The polls from the Democratic side of New York City mayoral’s race feel like an old Abbott and Costello routine. Who’s on first?
Read moreDemocracy was on the ballot in 2018 -- and democracy won big
Posted on What's New David Daley on November 08, 2018

Voters weighed reining in gerrymandering, restoring voting rights and affirming ranked choice voting.
Read moreVoting shouldn't cause dysfunction — but Americans can change the system
Posted on What's New David Daley on May 24, 2018

There’s a better way to elect candidates – one that ensures the winner of an election has wide, majority support: Ranked choice voting.
Read moreSCOTUS oral arguments suggest justices’ uncertainty on partisan gerrymandering remedy
Posted on What's New David Daley on March 29, 2018

David Daley, Senior Fellow for FairVote, attended Maryland Supreme Court Case, Benisek v Lamone. It's the second gerrymandering case before the court this term.
Read moreWithout ranked voting, Pennsylvania's slim margins hide voters' preferences
Posted on What's New David Daley on March 19, 2018

Single-district, winner-takes-all elections skew the very nature of representation itself. Our elections should be genuine contests of ideas aimed at building a majority consensus around the candidate who best fits the most people.
Read moreSanta Fe's 1st RCV election: clear outcomes, effective new ballot use
Posted on What's New David Daley on March 08, 2018

New Mexico's first city to use ranked choice voting saw a civil campaign and voters responded at the polls.
Read moreRedistricting valentines – and bitter “love letters” fly as politicians battle over new Pennsylvania maps
Posted on What's New David Daley on February 14, 2018

Here's what to be looking for -- and reading-- today on the redistricting front
Read morePennsylvania’s redistricting Super Bowl: Philadelphia celebrates one big win, but another – for democracy – may be on horizon
Posted on What's New David Daley on February 05, 2018

Here's what to be looking for - and reading- today on the redistricting front
Read moreWhat’s happening with the Chief Justice? Gerrymandering is probably still gobbledygook – but the NYT sees a subtle Roberts transformation
Posted on What's New David Daley on February 02, 2018

Here’s what to be looking for – and reading – today on the redistricting front
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