January 2nd 2001
Change Elections to Instant Runoff Voting
Baltimore Sun

Rob Richie and Steven Hill suggest instant runoff voting as a way to ensure majority candidates.

January 1st 2001
The time is ripe for real electoral reform. Why not try democracy in America?
The Hightower Lowdown

Major article about electoral reform with sections advocating instant runoff voting and proportional representation

January 1st 2001
Post-Traumatic Suggestions
Washington Post

Suggests proportional representation and instant runoff voting as well as other electoral reforms

January 1st 2001
Flunk the Electoral College, Pass Instant Runoffs
The Progressive

FairVote president John B. Anderson advocates national direct election of the U.S. president with IRV

January 1st 2001
No More Spoilers: A better way at the ballot box
Sierra Magazine

Instant runoff voting (IRV) in the 2000 presidential election would have prevented the spoiler effect of Nader votes on Gore's candidacy and allowed Nader supporters to express the importance of environmental issues to them politically.

January 1st 2001
Post-Traumatic Suggestions
Washington Post

States should resolve to do away with winner-take-all elections for presidential electors and consider preference voting in order to mobilize third parties and ensure that winning candidates would receive at least a majority of the vote.

January 1st 2001
Post-Traumatic Suggestions
Sierra Magazine

States should resolve to do away with winner-take-all elections for presidential electors and consider preference voting in order to mobilize third parties and ensure that winning candidates would receive at least a majority of the vote.

December 31st 2000
New York in Congress

FairVote's Rob Richie argues that New York should not be complacent with the current election laws and practices, rather should demand an increase of House representatives.

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.

December 19th 2000
Letter to the editor
Washington Post

FairVote's Rob Richie's letter to the editor advocates a change in the size of the House of Representatives in order to prevent an electoral college tie.

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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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