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Full Speed Ahead for IRV and choice voting in Minneapolis
- Posted: January 14, 2009
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
A county judge in Minnesota has sided on every legal issue with the city of Minneapolis and defendant intervenor FairVote Minnesota in a challenge against Minneapolis implementing instant runoff voting and choice voting for its elections this November.
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Electoral College Reform Gathers Steam, CSPAN Attention
- Posted: January 8, 2009
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
FairVote supports a national popular vote for president. Its executive director Rob Richie was a guest on C-SPAN's Washington Journal on January 8th for a debate on the Electoral College.
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Youth voter pre-registration reintroduced in House
- Posted: January 7, 2009
- Categories: FairVote
Yesterday, the first day of the Rhode Island General Assembly's 2009-2010 legislative session, Rep. Edwin Pacheco reintroduced legislation to enable a uniform voter registration age for 16 year olds.
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FairVote Reforms Breakthrough in 2008
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PR Win in South Dakota
- Posted: December 19, 2008
- Categories: Cumulative Voting, FairVote
In an unprecedented decision, the US Court of Appeals upheld the district court’s remedial plan for cumulative voting in South Dakota.
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FairVote's Ballot Bash a smashing success
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FairVote presents Democracy Innovator awards at conference
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FairVote's Ballot Bash
- Posted: December 11, 2008
- Categories: FairVote
On December 15th, FairVote Rhode Island will throw its first-ever fundraiser, the Ballot Bash. We'll gather at the Hi-Hat in Providence to hear remarks from FairVote's national director, Rob Richie, and one of our board members, Hendrik Hertzberg. Hertzberg is renowned for his role as an influential political commentator; he serves as a senior editor for the New Yorker (where you may have read his many "Comment" pieces) and formerly as the executive editor of the New Republic. From 1979-1980, he was President Jimmy Carter's chief speechwriter.
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Instant runoff voting on a remarkable roll of new support and attention
- Posted: December 11, 2008
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
The 2008 election included a remarkable feature: all the candidates for president backed instant runoff voting. In its wake, support for "IRV" (also called "ranked choice voting") keeps growing.
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FairVote's new report: 98% of attention to 15 states
- Posted: December 7, 2008
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
As the Electoral College prepares to convene on December 15, FairVote has released a powerful new report on where the major party presidential campaigns devoted time and resources.