December 6th 2007
One Student, No Vote
The American Prospect

Adam Doster of the American prospect takes on the issue of student voter discrimination and disenfranchisement. Right to Vote Director Adam Fogel shares his experiences during the '06 election.

December 2nd 2007
In Maryland, A Quiet Loss Of Voting Rights
The Washington Post

Maryland parent Richard Boltuck questions the Board of Elections' decision to prohibit 50,000 young people from voting in primary elections.

November 30th 2007
Bringing Democracy Home
The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel uses Australia's history of instant runoff voting success to support the use of this system in the United States.

November 29th 2007
To vote or not to vote? A young person�s plight
The American Observer

American University graduate student, Janelle L. Plummer, explores youth voting behavior and the potential spike in participation in the upcoming presidential election.

November 28th 2007
Real Reform
The Reporter

FairVote friend Steven Hill slams the congressional district plan for awarding electoral votes and points to a better option: a national popular vote for president.

November 27th 2007
Liberals' Lesson Down Under
Washington Post

Washington Post columnist, E.J. Dionne, notes shift in Australian politics with new Labor Party majority, as well as the role that Green Party preferences under instant runoff voting had in both aiding Labor and bringing environmentalism to the fore.

November 25th 2007
Australia's Rudd to move quickly on climate change
Agence France-Presse

Article highlights new prioritization of climate change in Australia, following Labor Party election landslide resulting from Green Party preferences under IRV.

November 16th 2007
Lessons in democracy
The Baltimore Sun

Right to Vote Director Adam Fogel introduces FairVote's 100% Youth Voter Registration project and discusses the Learning Democracy voting curriculum in the Baltimore Sun's 2007 Charity Giving Guide.

November 16th 2007
Instant Runoff Provides a Good Idea
Blue Ridge Now

All the scare talk about instant runoff voting turned out to be just that -- scare talk.

November 14th 2007
Vote Third Party
The Ithica Journal

Columnist Joe Lonsky's explains why third parties are the fastest growing parties in the United States.

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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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