Instant Runoffs: A Cheaper, Fairer, Better Way to Conduct Elections
National Civic Review
An article by director Rob Richie about IRV is cost effective and a better representation of voter's descisions. Gives examples of how IRV worked in Vermont, Alaska and New Mexico.
Los Angeles Times
Instant runoff voting (IRV) eliminates the "spoiler" problem and assures that the winner received the majority of votes.
Nirvana's Novoselic on tour for new book and CVD
A new book by FairVote board member Krist Novoselic promotes instant runoff voting and other electoral reforms.
Trading Places
Common Sense- U.S. Term Limits Foundation
Instant runoff voting (IRV) is posed as an alternative to "Nader-trading," where Nader supporters in competitive states traded votes with Gore-supporters in non-competitive states.
Elections Give Voters Too Little To Say
FairVote's Lee Mortimer argues that the primary reason for such low voter turnout in the United States is a result of winner-take-all elections.
Measure O is good for Oakland
Bay Area BusinessWoman Online
CVD Director to Co-Moderate Third Party Presidential Candidate Debate on CSPAN
CSPAN
The three third party presidential candidates on the most ballots (the Libertarian Party's Michael Badnarik, the Green Party's David Cobb and the Constitution Party's Michael Peroutka) will participate in a presidential debate on Tuesday, August 31 i
A Voters' Bill of Rights
Independent Progressive Policy Network
Ten point Voters' Bill of Rights prepared by Independent Progressive Politics Network, that includes such solutions as instant runoff voting (IRV) and proportional representation.
Electoral System Reform In the News 2000
Ranked Voting and Ranked Politics
Townhall
Paul Jacob examines why Pierce County voters would be unwise to repeal their newly implemented IRV system that the Pierce county officials have dubbed "too complicated" in order to protect their own political interests.
Voters may get to decide changes to elections format
The Oakland City council will consider moving to a ranked-choice voting system - IRV (instant-runoff voting).
How to Have Fewer, Better Elections
Fairvote's Caleb Kleppner explains how an instant runoff voting system can eliminate the hastle of successive runoffs.[ Previous ] [ Next ]
