Educational Tools and Materials
One of the best ways to convince people of the benefits of choice
voting is through mock elections. See our rules for how to conduct choice-voting hand counts quickly and simply.
FairVote has produced a variety of downloadable tools and materials which can be used to teach about full representation and to organize citizens to bring about reform.
- New: Choice Voting Powerpoint Explains the advantages and mechanics of choice voting. This powerpoint was created for a commission examining electoral reform in Greenbelt, MD. (.ppt 1.18 MB)
- Proportional Voting Powerpoint Explains the problems with a winner-take-all system, the advantages of full representation and the mechanics of voting systems currently in use in America. (.ppt 507 KB)
- Choice Voting (Single Transferable Vote) Powerpoint Explains the mechanics and benefits of choice voting. This was produced for a client of FairVote's Election Services Group. (.ppt 507 KB)
- How Effective is Your Election System? A Survey for communities which believe they might have a Voting Rights Act Case helping them to assess whether or not a full representation system would be a solution to their problems. (.pdf 37.7 KB)
- Full Representation Election Systems Manual A joint project of the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy and FairVote-the Center for Voting and Democracy. A comprehensive explanation of full representation systems with specific reference to the Voting Rights Act. (.rtf 5.1 MB)
- Sample Testimony for City Charter Commissions Information
for commissions set up to review city charters explaining full
representation systems and their effect on who wins representation.
(.pdf 588 KB)
Downloadable Brochures:
- Let's Have Pizza for Dinner Explaination of the basic principle of full representation (.pdf 268 KB)
- Choice Voting Information about the voting and counting procedures for choice voting, and where it is used in the United States (.pdf 46.4 KB)
- Cumulative Voting at work in Texas How cumulative voting has benefited communities of color in Texas (.pdf 108 KB)
- Full and Fair Representation in Alabama Winning a fair share of power with cumulative and limited voting (.pdf 116 KB)
- The One Vote System: North Carolina's Model for Communities Information on limited voting in North Carolina (.pdf 94.4 KB)
- Youth and Student Political Empowerment Advice for young people interested in full representation systems (.pdf 151 KB)