FairVote - Getting Started

Why Choice Voting?

Using STV in School Elections

Where You Can Use It

Why You Would Use STV

Schools Who Currently Use STV

Getting Started

Campus Action Kit

Use Your Campus Media

Sample Documents

Sample Resolution

Sample Amendment

Samples from UC, Davis

Campaign Posters

Sample LTE/ OP-Eds

Implementing Choice Voting

Software to Compute STV

Guidelines for Hand Counting

Powerpoints and Slideshows

Additional Information

University of California, Davis

Right to Vote Initiative

IRV America

Political Empowerment Program

Presidential Elections Reform Project

Democracy USA

Voting and Democracy Research Center

Getting Started

Half the battle will be changing the electoral system at your school. This section will help outline some basic tips for conducting a Choice Voting/ STV campaign. If you happen to still have questions after reading over this section please do not hesitate to contact the Director for Representative Government for more information.

Recent Articles

October 19th 2009
A better election system
Lowell Sun

Election expert Doug Amy explains how choice voting can "inject new blood" into the elections of Lowell (MA), and give voters a greater incentive to participate.

October 16th 2009
Haven't Detroit voters spoken enough?
Livingston Daily

In Detroit, there have been three mayors in the past two years and the current one has come under scrutiny. Perhaps a system like instant runoff voting will help bring political stability to motor city.

August 21st 2009
Black candidate for Euclid school board to test new voting system
Cleveland Plain Dealer

Limited voting, a form of proportional voting, will be used in Euclid (OH), in the hopes of allowing better representation of minorities.

July 2nd 2009
Reforming Albany
New York Times

FairVote's Rob Richie responds in a letter to the editor making the case for proportional voting systems to bring substantive reform to New York's legislature.