December 13th 2005
Honor Rosa Parks
BlackNews.com

While the U.S. government promotes proportional voting as a means of civic inclusion in Iraq, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. argues the homefront is marked by an "inequality gap."

December 12th 2005
The Safe Seat Pandemic
Tom Paine

FairVote's Executive Director, Rob Richie, highlights the proportional voting solution to our nation's redistricting woes. These alternatives to winner-take-all elections would provide the competition and choice redistricting reformers seek.

December 12th 2005
Four States Reach Election Agreement
Associated Press

Election officials in four states study integrating voter registration databases to create cleaner voter rolls.

December 11th 2005
The World Closely Watches the Success of the Upcoming Presidential Vote
Miami Herald

Haiti's winner-take-all election system prevents groups from finding representation and exacerbates social tension, despite runoffs and high rates of voter registration.

December 11th 2005
A Dramatic Idea for Election Reform
New York Times

A Times reader highlights the fundamental weakness of any single-member district-based system: gerrymandering is unavoidable.

December 9th 2005
More Choice in Elections
The New York Times

FairVote Chairman, John Anderson, praises Connecticut's step forward on public financing of elections but criticizes provisions that restrict third parties and independents, while calling for instant runoff voting and proportional voting.

December 9th 2005
Where Elections Should Turn
The Washington Post

In response to the current two-party dominance in Congress, a Washington Post reader suggests proportional voting systems as a key vehicle for giving voters alternatives to the major parties many of them have lost faith in.

December 6th 2005
Voter disaffection an opening for third party?
MSNBC.com

FairVote's Rob Richie is quoted on the growing desire for independent politics and voter choice in this fascinating discussion of the history of third parties.

December 6th 2005
Opposition Parties Announce Sweeping Political Reform
Yemen Observer

Yemeni opposition advocates proportional voting as part of civil liberties and social inclusion reform package.

December 5th 2005
A better plan needed for primaries
Rocky Mountain News

According to FairVote's Ryan O'Donnell, the Democrats should be considering the American Plan rather than moving Colorado or Nevada earlier in the primary season.

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IRV Soars in Twin Cities, FairVote Corrects the Pundits on Meaning of Election Night '09
Election Day '09 was a roller-coaster for election reformers.  Instant runoff voting had a great night in Minnesota, where St. Paul voters chose to implement IRV for its city elections, and Minneapolis voters used IRV for the first time—with local media touting it as a big success. As the Star-Tribune noted in endorsing IRV for St. Paul, Tuesday’s elections give the Twin Cities a chance to show the whole state of Minnesota the benefits of adopting IRV. There were disappointments in Lowell and Pierce County too, but high-profile multi-candidate races in New Jersey and New York keep policymakers focused on ways to reform elections;  the Baltimore Sun and Miami Herald were among many newspapers publishing commentary from FairVote board member and former presidential candidate John Anderson on how IRV can mitigate the problems of plurality elections.

And as pundits try to make hay out of the national implications of Tuesday’s gubernatorial elections, Rob Richie in the Huffington Post concludes that the gubernatorial elections have little bearing on federal elections.

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