As an innovative think tank, FairVote pushes the boundaries of conventional wisdom in seeking electoral rules that respect every vote and every voice. Communications director Paul Fidalgo works with our analysts to make sure our ideas enter high-profile debate. See Paul’s new Innovative Analysis on instant runoff voting's apparent link to decreasing the influence of money and more positive campaigning, major new op-eds from David Segal, Rob Richie and Adam Fogel, and Richie’s lead piece in a special series on the Electoral College in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Meanwhile, the Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel features FairVote in her new column touting the National Popular Vote plan.
Links:
[Innovative Analysis on IRV: "Good Things Come to Those Who
Rank"]
[Rob Richie on National Popular Vote in the San
Diego Union-Tribune]
[David Segal on Senate vacancies in the Baltimore Sun]
[Adam Fogel on expanding DC voter participation in the Washington
Post]
[Rob Richie and Rep. Bill Herbkersman on IRV for
primaries in The State]
[Katrina vanden Heuval’s editorial on
the Electoral College and NPV]
The Connecticut House of Representatives yesterday narrowly
approved the state’s entry into the National Popular Vote plan. The
bill must now pass the state senate and win the signature of the governor. If
that happens, Connecticut would join the other member states in agreeing to
allocate all of its electoral votes to the winner of the
national popular vote, neutralizing the undemocratic Electoral College system.
So far, the agreement has been passed in Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, and New
Jersey, and just last week, Washington State. Connecticut’s addition of 7 electoral votes would give
the plan 68, over a quarter of the way toward the required 270.