Ryan O'Donnell - Director, Presidential Elections Reform Program
Ryan was the lead organizer and lobbyist for the National Popular Vote bill in the Maryland Assembly. Maryland became the first state in the country to sign on to the plan to change the way we elect the president in April 2007.
Ryan has been interviewed in outlets ranging from NPR to The National Journal's Insider Interviews series. His commentaries on politics and elections have appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Sacramento Bee, Philadelphia Inquirer, Rocky Mountain News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Manchester Union-Leader, San Jose Mercury News, the Tennessean, TomPaine.com, Newark Star-Ledger, The Guardian (UK) and others.
Ryan drafted a substantial portion of the Association of State Democratic Chairs "Priorities for Election Reform" recommendations in 2007. He also served as an international policy fellow for the Electoral Reform Society in London during Britain's 2005 general elections.
Ryan joined FairVote as Communications Director after serving as Marketing Coordinator at the Fine Arts Center of Amherst, Massachusetts, a non-profit organization that presented jazz, classical music, dance and visual arts. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
Ryan can be reached at ryan(AT)fairvote.org
Ryan O'Donnell - Director, Presidential Elections Reform Program
Ryan was the lead organizer and lobbyist for the National Popular Vote bill in the Maryland Assembly. Maryland became the first state in the country to sign on to the plan to change the way we elect the president in April 2007.
Ryan has been interviewed in outlets ranging from NPR to The National Journal's Insider Interviews series. His commentaries on politics and elections have appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Sacramento Bee, Philadelphia Inquirer, Rocky Mountain News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Manchester Union-Leader, San Jose Mercury News, the Tennessean, TomPaine.com, Newark Star-Ledger, The Guardian (UK) and others.
Ryan drafted a substantial portion of the Association of State Democratic Chairs "Priorities for Election Reform" recommendations in 2007. He also served as an international policy fellow for the Electoral Reform Society in London during Britain's 2005 general elections.
Ryan joined FairVote as Communications Director after serving as Marketing Coordinator at the Fine Arts Center of Amherst, Massachusetts, a non-profit organization that presented jazz, classical music, dance and visual arts. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
Ryan can be reached at ryan(AT)fairvote.org
Mary Ryan - Program for Representative Government, Program Associate
Mary
Ryan recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with
a degree in Political Science and a certificate in Peace Studies.
At UWM, she was active in student government and social justice
organizations. In Wisconsin, she worked and volunteered for
Senator Feingold, Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, and several state
representatives. Before joining FairVote, she worked with the
Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities (MAASH)
to help elect supporters of the arts and humanities to local and state
government offices.
Article announcing new FairVote Chair, Krist Novoselic, and discussing organization's vision.November 1st 2007 Fixing The Primary Scramble National Journal
As part of National Journal's "Insider Interviews" series, Ryan O'Donnell talks about the primary scheduling debacle and what can be done to fix it.August 11th 2007 Primary agenda should benefit the nation first The Miami Herald
According to FairVote's Ryan O'Donnell, states must see both a collective and benefit to reform, and embrace real change on the national scale.July 15th 2007 However it's broken, it's time to fix primary process San Jose Mercury News
There is no policy in the United States for how to run presidential nominations. That's the idea behind FairVote's new effort, FixThePrimaries.com, which aims for a national commission to establish a saner process in 2012.April 2nd 2007 Better elections with instant runoffs The Boston Globe
FairVote's Ryan O'Donnell makes the case for instant runoff voting to prevent non-majority winners in elections. With Massachusetts Rep. Martin Meehan's departure, the state looks headed for yet another crowded election to fill his seat.April 2nd 2007 Making The Popular Vote A Winner TomPaine.com
FairVote's Rob Richie and Ryan O'Donnell highlight the success of the national popular vote plan in Maryland's legislature, and impact on fair presidential elections this historic reform success will have.November 1st 2006 Don't Leave Young Voters Behind OpEdNews.com
FairVote's Communications Director Ryan O'Donnell examines the problem of young people not voting and advocates an early registration program so they may vote as soon as they become eligible.October 31st 2006 Passing by the hall of shame The Guardian
How many more congressional scandals need to happen to create a comfortable majority for the Democrats?September 15th 2006 America and Mexico: Electoral Outliers The Progressive Populist
FairVote's Ryan O'Donnell and Usman Ahmed discuss why we should remember that the methods countries use to elect their leaders are as important as who wins.
Ryan O'Donnell - Director, Presidential Elections Reform Program
Ryan was the lead organizer and lobbyist for the National Popular Vote bill in the Maryland Assembly. Maryland became the first state in the country to sign on to the plan to change the way we elect the president in April 2007.
Ryan has been interviewed in outlets ranging from NPR to The National Journal's Insider Interviews series. His commentaries on politics and elections have appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Sacramento Bee, Philadelphia Inquirer, Rocky Mountain News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Manchester Union-Leader, San Jose Mercury News, the Tennessean, TomPaine.com, Newark Star-Ledger, The Guardian (UK) and others.
Ryan drafted a substantial portion of the Association of State Democratic Chairs "Priorities for Election Reform" recommendations in 2007. He also served as an international policy fellow for the Electoral Reform Society in London during Britain's 2005 general elections.
Ryan joined FairVote as Communications Director after serving as Marketing Coordinator at the Fine Arts Center of Amherst, Massachusetts, a non-profit organization that presented jazz, classical music, dance and visual arts. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
Ryan can be reached at ryan(AT)fairvote.org
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Ryan O'Donnell - Director, Presidential Elections Reform Program
Ryan was the lead organizer and lobbyist for the National Popular Vote bill in the Maryland Assembly. Maryland became the first state in the country to sign on to the plan to change the way we elect the president in April 2007.
Ryan has been interviewed in outlets ranging from NPR to The National Journal's Insider Interviews series. His commentaries on politics and elections have appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Sacramento Bee, Philadelphia Inquirer, Rocky Mountain News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Manchester Union-Leader, San Jose Mercury News, the Tennessean, TomPaine.com, Newark Star-Ledger, The Guardian (UK) and others.
Ryan drafted a substantial portion of the Association of State Democratic Chairs "Priorities for Election Reform" recommendations in 2007. He also served as an international policy fellow for the Electoral Reform Society in London during Britain's 2005 general elections.
Ryan joined FairVote as Communications Director after serving as Marketing Coordinator at the Fine Arts Center of Amherst, Massachusetts, a non-profit organization that presented jazz, classical music, dance and visual arts. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
Ryan can be reached at ryan(AT)fairvote.org
Matthew Morse on the National Popular Vote Compact
Ryan
came to FairVote in 2005 after working on grassroots efforts to engage
young
people in the political process in Virginia and his home state of
Wisconsin. Prior to his current position with the organization, he
supervised FairVote's 100% Registration and Democracy SoS Projects
within the Right to Vote Initiative and directed the successful
campaign for instant runoff voting in the fall of 2006 in Pierce
County, Washington. He is a 2003
graduate of the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and currently resides in Washington,
DC.
You can email Ryan at rgriffin(AT)fairvote.org.
Ryan O'Donnell - Director, Presidential Elections Reform Program
Ryan was the lead organizer and lobbyist for the National Popular Vote bill in the Maryland Assembly. Maryland became the first state in the country to sign on to the plan to change the way we elect the president in April 2007.
Ryan has been interviewed in outlets ranging from NPR to The National Journal's Insider Interviews series. His commentaries on politics and elections have appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Sacramento Bee, Philadelphia Inquirer, Rocky Mountain News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Manchester Union-Leader, San Jose Mercury News, the Tennessean, TomPaine.com, Newark Star-Ledger, The Guardian (UK) and others.
Ryan drafted a substantial portion of the Association of State Democratic Chairs "Priorities for Election Reform" recommendations in 2007. He also served as an international policy fellow for the Electoral Reform Society in London during Britain's 2005 general elections.
Ryan joined FairVote as Communications Director after serving as Marketing Coordinator at the Fine Arts Center of Amherst, Massachusetts, a non-profit organization that presented jazz, classical music, dance and visual arts. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
Ryan can be reached at ryan(AT)fairvote.org
Andrew Kirshenbaum
Andrew Kirshenbaum is a recent graduate of Skidmore
College located in Saratoga Springs, New York with a degree in
Government. Andrew first became intrigued by alternative voting systems
when he studied the Irish Single Transferable Vote (STV) system while a
student abroad in Dublin, Ireland. He believes strongly that
Americans should have the right to vote. He worked extensively
with other students to actively oppose an attempt by the Saratoga
Springs City Council to remove a voting booth located on the college
campus in an attempt to limit the impact of student voters. Andrew
recently returned from Waterloo, IA where he worked as a field
coordinator on the John Edwards for President Campaign.
Andrew can be reached andrew(AT)fairvote.org.
INFINITE RYANS!!!!
Ryan O'Donnell - Director, Presidential Elections Reform Program
Ryan was the lead organizer and lobbyist for the National Popular Vote bill in the Maryland Assembly. Maryland became the first state in the country to sign on to the plan to change the way we elect the president in April 2007.
Ryan has been interviewed in outlets ranging from NPR to The National Journal's Insider Interviews series. His commentaries on politics and elections have appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Sacramento Bee, Philadelphia Inquirer, Rocky Mountain News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Manchester Union-Leader, San Jose Mercury News, the Tennessean, TomPaine.com, Newark Star-Ledger, The Guardian (UK) and others.
Ryan drafted a substantial portion of the Association of State Democratic Chairs "Priorities for Election Reform" recommendations in 2007. He also served as an international policy fellow for the Electoral Reform Society in London during Britain's 2005 general elections.
Ryan joined FairVote as Communications Director after serving as Marketing Coordinator at the Fine Arts Center of Amherst, Massachusetts, a non-profit organization that presented jazz, classical music, dance and visual arts. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
Mary
Ryan recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with
a degree in Political Science and a certificate in Peace Studies.
At UWM, she was active in student government and social justice
organizations. In Wisconsin, she worked and volunteered for
Senator Feingold, Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, and several state
representatives. Before joining FairVote, she worked with the
Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities (MAASH)
to help elect supporters of the arts and humanities to local and state
government offices. 
Ryan
came to FairVote in 2005 after working on grassroots efforts to engage
young
people in the political process in Virginia and his home state of
Wisconsin. Prior to his current position with the organization, he
supervised FairVote's 100% Registration and Democracy SoS Projects
within the Right to Vote Initiative and directed the successful
campaign for instant runoff voting in the fall of 2006 in Pierce
County, Washington. He is a 2003
graduate of the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and currently resides in Washington,
DC.
Andrew Kirshenbaum is a recent graduate of Skidmore
College located in Saratoga Springs, New York with a degree in
Government. Andrew first became intrigued by alternative voting systems
when he studied the Irish Single Transferable Vote (STV) system while a
student abroad in Dublin, Ireland. He believes strongly that
Americans should have the right to vote. He worked extensively
with other students to actively oppose an attempt by the Saratoga
Springs City Council to remove a voting booth located on the college
campus in an attempt to limit the impact of student voters. Andrew
recently returned from Waterloo, IA where he worked as a field
coordinator on the John Edwards for President Campaign.