August 7th 2007
A Red Play for the Golden State
Newsweek
Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter explains how the proposal to award California's and North Carolina's electoral votes by congressional district are motivated by short-term political gain.August 6th 2007
GOP eyes California's electoral pie
Los Angeles Times
The author explains why Republicans want California's electoral votes distributed by congressional districts. In a safely Democratic state, such a move will add an additional score votes to the Republicans' tally - the equivalent of winning Ohio.July 30th 2007
Vacancies Often Create One Special Election Too Many
Roll Call
Georgia's "special-special" election to fill a vacant U.S. House seat demonstrates why IRV makes so much sense.July 17th 2007
Independents Roil Vote
Hartford Courant
FairVote's own Paul Fidalgo and Rob Richie say a potential "spoiler" problem in the upcoming presidential election points to the need for a national popular vote and instant runoff voting.July 15th 2007
However it's broken, it's time to fix primary process
San Jose Mercury News
There is no policy in the United States for how to run presidential nominations. That's the idea behind FairVote's new effort, FixThePrimaries.com, which aims for a national commission to establish a saner process in 2012.July 13th 2007
Eye on election reform a good start
Aspen Times
Following expensive and redundant runoffs, Aspen looks ready for IRV and other reforms.July 2nd 2007
Doing away with election spoilers
Trenton Times
The Trenton Times, concerned about the spoiler impact, extols the virtues of IRV.July 2nd 2007
Connecting young people with democracy
Providence Journal
A call for Gov. Carcieri to welcome Rhode Island's young voters into the political process with a law allowing advance voter registration for 16 and 17-year olds.June 28th 2007
States encourage high school students to register to vote
electionline.org
Electionline.org features FairVote in its top story about high school voter registration.June 24th 2007
How Ed Jew Got Elected
San Francisco Chronicle
New America's Steven Hill notes that the election of a controversial San Francisco supervisor actually highlights instant runoff voting's capacity to improve campaign tone.[ Previous ] [ Next ]
A Red Play for the Golden State
Newsweek
Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter explains how the proposal to award California's and North Carolina's electoral votes by congressional district are motivated by short-term political gain.August 6th 2007
GOP eyes California's electoral pie
Los Angeles Times
The author explains why Republicans want California's electoral votes distributed by congressional districts. In a safely Democratic state, such a move will add an additional score votes to the Republicans' tally - the equivalent of winning Ohio.July 30th 2007
Vacancies Often Create One Special Election Too Many
Roll Call
Georgia's "special-special" election to fill a vacant U.S. House seat demonstrates why IRV makes so much sense.July 17th 2007
Independents Roil Vote
Hartford Courant
FairVote's own Paul Fidalgo and Rob Richie say a potential "spoiler" problem in the upcoming presidential election points to the need for a national popular vote and instant runoff voting.July 15th 2007
However it's broken, it's time to fix primary process
San Jose Mercury News
There is no policy in the United States for how to run presidential nominations. That's the idea behind FairVote's new effort, FixThePrimaries.com, which aims for a national commission to establish a saner process in 2012.July 13th 2007
Eye on election reform a good start
Aspen Times
Following expensive and redundant runoffs, Aspen looks ready for IRV and other reforms.July 2nd 2007
Doing away with election spoilers
Trenton Times
The Trenton Times, concerned about the spoiler impact, extols the virtues of IRV.July 2nd 2007
Connecting young people with democracy
Providence Journal
A call for Gov. Carcieri to welcome Rhode Island's young voters into the political process with a law allowing advance voter registration for 16 and 17-year olds.June 28th 2007
States encourage high school students to register to vote
electionline.org
Electionline.org features FairVote in its top story about high school voter registration.June 24th 2007
How Ed Jew Got Elected
San Francisco Chronicle
New America's Steven Hill notes that the election of a controversial San Francisco supervisor actually highlights instant runoff voting's capacity to improve campaign tone.[ Previous ] [ Next ]