October 13th 2002
Police to aid in Nov. 5 election

Police officers should not patrol the polls argues FairVote's Rashad Robinson in response to the plans of police patrol for the November 5th general election.

September 19th 2002
Latest Florida Turmoil Holds Some Lessons for Other Places Debuting New Electronic Systems
ElectionLine.org

In response to Florida's election debaukle, several localities have followed suit and switched to cutting-edge electronic machines for the 2002 elections.

September 12th 2002
Finger-pointing in Florida, talk of recount and worries about November elections

AP report on 2002 election problems in Florida and other jurisdictions. Heavy attention was on these elections, being the first large ones following the close, disputed 2000 Florida presidential race. FairVote's Rob Richie comments on the widespread

March 25th 2002
Majority Would Really Rule
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Fairvote's John Anderson comments on the benefits of adopting instant runoff voting measures.

September 17th 2001
Instant runoff is still possible
St. Petersburg Times

This editorial recommends adopting instant runoff voting (IRV) for the 2002 governor's race now that Florida Republicans have eliminated the traditional runoff election that would have solified one Democratis candidate.

July 22nd 2001
Still time for instant runoff
St. Petersburg Times

May 3rd 2001
Making Sure Votes Count Series
St. Petersburg Times

May 1st 2001
Recalling September Primary 'Reform' Series
St. Petersburg Times

April 26th 2001
IRV: That's the ticket!
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Former FairVote Board Chair John Anderson sends a message to the Florida legislature

April 19th 2001
Governor signs bill for Georgia to use touch-screen voting
Atlanta Journal Constitution

All Georgia voters will use a modern touch-screen balloting system in the next presidential election, under legislation Gov. Roy Barnes signed into law Wednesday.

April 6th 2001
Political Reform: Alive and Ready to Kick
Christian Science Monitor

Looking back at the 2000 Florida recount, Fairvote's Rob Richie and Steven Hill comment on the need for a wide variety of voting reforms, including uniform voting standards.

January 10th 2001
The Future of Voting
St. Petersburg Times

Possible alternatives to the punch card voting system used in Florida are offered, includng the optically scanned ballot and touch screen computers.

December 20th 2000
New voting system
St. Petersburg Times

As punch-card balloting is eliminated in Florida, the door is thrown open to use an instant runoff voting (IRV) system, with obvious advantages.

November 6th 2000
Better than Runoffs
St. Petersburg Times

Instant runoff voting (IRV) is nominated to replace the runoff primary in Florida as a consensus building measure.

April 11th 2000
Elian Gonzalez
Pacifica Radio

Fairvote comments on the importance of the Elian Gonzalez drama to presidential politics.

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