Federal Court of Appeals Upholds Cumulative Voting

Fair Representation in Chilton County, Alabama Continues

With a long track record of providing fair representation to communities of color, proportional voting systems have been used to settle dozens of Voting Rights Act lawsuits. Chilton County, Alabama has long been hailed as a textbook example of cumulative voting's success -- where the African American community, long shut out of power, finally won consistent victories on the County Commission.

A recent legal challenge put in doubt the future of Chilton County's cumulative voting system, but a federal appellate court recently upheld the system. This groundbreaking decision solidifies the future of proportional voting systems in Voting Rights Act settlements.

[Article on Recent Cumulative Voting Decision]
[Read about cumulative voting in Chilton County]
[Time Magazine article on Cumulative Voting]
[Alabama Cumulative Voting Info 2004]

Rob Richie on All Things Considered

Tackling 'the slow motion stampede' on NPR

FairVote executive director Rob Richie spoke with Melissa Block on NPR’s "All Things Considered" to discuss solutions to the broken presidential primary system, along with Kentucky Secretary of State Tray Grayson. Rob focused on the FairVote-backed “American Plan,” a system that creates clusters of primaries of increasing state size.

You can listen to the broadcast here, and you can subscribe to FairVote’s podcast feed so you’ll always be the first to get FairVote’s audio and video offerings!

[ FixThePrimaries.com ]
[ More on the American Plan for Presidential Primaries ]
[ FairVote's Ryan O'Donnell op-ed in the Miami Herald ]