October 21st 2002
Third parties jump into mainstream: Number of independent candidates hits a 20-year high in Massachusetts
Newton Daily News Tribune
There is a sharp increase in third party candidates running in Congressional elections in Massachusetts due to the overwhelming dissatisfaction with the Republican and Democratic parties.October 11th 2002
Amherst to consider runoff system
Daily Hampshire Gazette
An Amherst Town Meeting this fall will consider whether to support the instant-runoff voting system for filling Select Board seats.October 11th 2002
State elections need to be reformed
Bennington Banner
League of Women Voters of Vermont President Marge Gaskins urges the legislature to make instant runoff voting a priority.October 3rd 2002
A sign that Minnesota might be ready at last for instant runoff voting
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnesota is ready to change its voting system to instant runoff voting (IRV) considering the strong support behind third party candidate Jesse Ventura, argues Joel Kramer.October 1st 2002
Instant Runoffs
Student Life (Washington University)
With crowded election fields, Washington University considers IRVSeptember 23rd 2002
Improved Runoffs Needed in North Carolina
Topsail Voice
Instant runoff voting (IRV) is posed as an improvement over the current runoff system in North Carolina, which produces sheriffs and members of Congress that garner only a third of the vote.September 19th 2002
Formulas For a Clean Election
FairVote's Matthew Cossolotto argues that Congress needs to pass more meaningful election reform legislation, such as proportional voting methods or instant runoff voting (IRV), to ensure that each vote counts.September 18th 2002
Blues of The Greens: An invigorating candidate is unjustly pushed to the sidelines
The Economist
Peter Camejo, the Green Party candidate for California governor, would face much less animosity if California were to adopt instant-runoff voting ballot measures.September 17th 2002
Let's try instant runoff voting
Boston Globe
Mass Vote's Gibran Rivera calls for instant runoff voting in her letter to the editor.September 9th 2002
Election runoffs tradition in South; Majority rule hearkens back to Democrat days
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Runoffs have a long history in the South but were more relevant in the past when the Democratic primary runoff was more like the general election. Today, lower voter turnout and election costs have lowered the value of runoffs. FairVote's Rob RichieSeptember 1st 2002
Vassar Latest College to Adopt Choice Voting and
Vassar Student working for FairVote gets IRV bill passed at VassarSeptember 1st 2002
What if they gave an election and no one came?
Birmingham News
A comment piece by FairVote's Rob Richie and Edward Still argues that IRV is a better alternative to high-cost low-turnout runoffs.August 29th 2002
IRV Supporters Say Partisanship Sunk Alaska Ballot Measure
ElectionLine.org
Fairvote's Robert Richie blames partisan politics for this week's defeat of Ballot Measure 1 in Alaska at an American Political Science Association panel discussion.August 28th 2002
Voters Reject Instant Runoff System
MSNBC.com
FairVote's Eric Olson is quoted on the positive effects instant runoff voting (IRV) can have for third parties in Alaskan elections.August 28th 2002
Runoff proposal defeated 2-1 in primary
Voters in Alaska reject Measure 1, which would have made the state the first in the nation to use IRV for statewide offices.August 27th 2002
A New Kind of Election
Richmond Times-DispatchAugust 27th 2002
Ideas Industry
Washington Post
FairVote's Rob Richie closely monitors Election Day in Alaska as voters decide on a ballot initiative that, if implemented, would approve instant runoff voting (IRV).August 26th 2002
Better Voting?
Common Sense series
Alaska could begin the new trend in US establishing instant runoff voting (IRV) in 2002.August 25th 2002
Instant runoff voting pros outweigh cons
Juneau Empire
Alaska may be the first state to introduce instant runoff voting (IRV) in their elections on August 27, 2002.August 24th 2002
Instant runoff ballots work, mates
Australian political science professor Dr. Benjamin Reilly talks about his trip to Alaska and discussion with voters there about Measure 1, which would institute instant runoff voting.August 24th 2002
Alaska Voters Mull Instant Runoff
AP report on the 2002 Alaskan ballot referendum on statewide use of instant runoff voting.August 21st 2002
Measure 1 gives voters more choice
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
By adopting Measure 1, Alaskans will have the chance to widen political choice through instant runoff voting ballot measures.August 14th 2002
Ballot Measure 1 restores choice
Anchorage Daily NewsAugust 12th 2002
Election Day options studied
Honolulu Advertiser
The article describes different election systems such as cumulative voting, proportional voting and instant runoffs. FairVote's Steven Hill is mentioned.July 23rd 2002
Rader: Support for instant run-off voting
Metro West Daily News
FairVote's Rob Richie is quoted on the necessity of instant runoff voting (IRV) in the future of political and electoral reform.July 22nd 2002
Initiative creates odd allies
How Alaska's instant runoff voting initiative brought allies together from opposite ends of the political spectrum.July 19th 2002
Galling Garst
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
This Minnesota newspaper supports the adoption of instant runoff voting (IRV) so that third party supporters can vote their conscience.July 19th 2002
Ballot measure could change way Alaska elects officials
Juneau Empire
On August 27th Alaska will vote on the introduction of the new system - instant runoff voting (IRV).July 5th 2002
Instant runoff elections would guarantee majority votes
Portland Press Herald
With two-party politics in terminal decline, more and more candidates are being elected to high political office by far fewer than a majority of votes cast.June 16th 2002
New voting method gains popularity:
The Olympian
Instant runoff voting (IRV) is being considered in various cities in order to prevent voters from "wasting" their votes.[ Previous ] [ Next ]
Third parties jump into mainstream: Number of independent candidates hits a 20-year high in Massachusetts
Newton Daily News Tribune
There is a sharp increase in third party candidates running in Congressional elections in Massachusetts due to the overwhelming dissatisfaction with the Republican and Democratic parties.October 11th 2002
Amherst to consider runoff system
Daily Hampshire Gazette
An Amherst Town Meeting this fall will consider whether to support the instant-runoff voting system for filling Select Board seats.October 11th 2002
State elections need to be reformed
Bennington Banner
League of Women Voters of Vermont President Marge Gaskins urges the legislature to make instant runoff voting a priority.October 3rd 2002
A sign that Minnesota might be ready at last for instant runoff voting
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnesota is ready to change its voting system to instant runoff voting (IRV) considering the strong support behind third party candidate Jesse Ventura, argues Joel Kramer.October 1st 2002
Instant Runoffs
Student Life (Washington University)
With crowded election fields, Washington University considers IRVSeptember 23rd 2002
Improved Runoffs Needed in North Carolina
Topsail Voice
Instant runoff voting (IRV) is posed as an improvement over the current runoff system in North Carolina, which produces sheriffs and members of Congress that garner only a third of the vote.September 19th 2002
Formulas For a Clean Election
FairVote's Matthew Cossolotto argues that Congress needs to pass more meaningful election reform legislation, such as proportional voting methods or instant runoff voting (IRV), to ensure that each vote counts.September 18th 2002
Blues of The Greens: An invigorating candidate is unjustly pushed to the sidelines
The Economist
Peter Camejo, the Green Party candidate for California governor, would face much less animosity if California were to adopt instant-runoff voting ballot measures.September 17th 2002
Let's try instant runoff voting
Boston Globe
Mass Vote's Gibran Rivera calls for instant runoff voting in her letter to the editor.September 9th 2002
Election runoffs tradition in South; Majority rule hearkens back to Democrat days
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Runoffs have a long history in the South but were more relevant in the past when the Democratic primary runoff was more like the general election. Today, lower voter turnout and election costs have lowered the value of runoffs. FairVote's Rob RichieSeptember 1st 2002
Vassar Latest College to Adopt Choice Voting and
Vassar Student working for FairVote gets IRV bill passed at VassarSeptember 1st 2002
What if they gave an election and no one came?
Birmingham News
A comment piece by FairVote's Rob Richie and Edward Still argues that IRV is a better alternative to high-cost low-turnout runoffs.August 29th 2002
IRV Supporters Say Partisanship Sunk Alaska Ballot Measure
ElectionLine.org
Fairvote's Robert Richie blames partisan politics for this week's defeat of Ballot Measure 1 in Alaska at an American Political Science Association panel discussion.August 28th 2002
Voters Reject Instant Runoff System
MSNBC.com
FairVote's Eric Olson is quoted on the positive effects instant runoff voting (IRV) can have for third parties in Alaskan elections.August 28th 2002
Runoff proposal defeated 2-1 in primary
Voters in Alaska reject Measure 1, which would have made the state the first in the nation to use IRV for statewide offices.August 27th 2002
A New Kind of Election
Richmond Times-DispatchAugust 27th 2002
Ideas Industry
Washington Post
FairVote's Rob Richie closely monitors Election Day in Alaska as voters decide on a ballot initiative that, if implemented, would approve instant runoff voting (IRV).August 26th 2002
Better Voting?
Common Sense series
Alaska could begin the new trend in US establishing instant runoff voting (IRV) in 2002.August 25th 2002
Instant runoff voting pros outweigh cons
Juneau Empire
Alaska may be the first state to introduce instant runoff voting (IRV) in their elections on August 27, 2002.August 24th 2002
Instant runoff ballots work, mates
Australian political science professor Dr. Benjamin Reilly talks about his trip to Alaska and discussion with voters there about Measure 1, which would institute instant runoff voting.August 24th 2002
Alaska Voters Mull Instant Runoff
AP report on the 2002 Alaskan ballot referendum on statewide use of instant runoff voting.August 21st 2002
Measure 1 gives voters more choice
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
By adopting Measure 1, Alaskans will have the chance to widen political choice through instant runoff voting ballot measures.August 14th 2002
Ballot Measure 1 restores choice
Anchorage Daily NewsAugust 12th 2002
Election Day options studied
Honolulu Advertiser
The article describes different election systems such as cumulative voting, proportional voting and instant runoffs. FairVote's Steven Hill is mentioned.July 23rd 2002
Rader: Support for instant run-off voting
Metro West Daily News
FairVote's Rob Richie is quoted on the necessity of instant runoff voting (IRV) in the future of political and electoral reform.July 22nd 2002
Initiative creates odd allies
How Alaska's instant runoff voting initiative brought allies together from opposite ends of the political spectrum.July 19th 2002
Galling Garst
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
This Minnesota newspaper supports the adoption of instant runoff voting (IRV) so that third party supporters can vote their conscience.July 19th 2002
Ballot measure could change way Alaska elects officials
Juneau Empire
On August 27th Alaska will vote on the introduction of the new system - instant runoff voting (IRV).July 5th 2002
Instant runoff elections would guarantee majority votes
Portland Press Herald
With two-party politics in terminal decline, more and more candidates are being elected to high political office by far fewer than a majority of votes cast.June 16th 2002
New voting method gains popularity:
The Olympian
Instant runoff voting (IRV) is being considered in various cities in order to prevent voters from "wasting" their votes.[ Previous ] [ Next ]
