July 6th 2000
Let All Parties Be Heard
The Washington Post

A California Green Party member criticizes the method by which we elect a president, proposing instant runoffs or runoffs to address the spoiler problem.

July 5th 2000
Ralph Nader is a Reformer, Not a Spoiler
New York Times

FairVote's John Anderson argues that Nader's role in presidential elections is crucial in offering new political views and ideas to the public in hopes of reforming elections, rather than "spoiling."

July 1st 2000
System stacked against Nader, Buchanan
Newsday

If Nader wins 5 percent of the nationwide vote in November, the Greens will be guaranteed federal funding for their next presidential campaign.

June 17th 2000
Letter to editor
New York Times

While it's true that there are only about three dozen hotly contested House races (Week in Review, June 11), it's misleading to attribute this paucity of competitive seats to incumbents' fundraising prowess.

June 16th 2000
Other People's Elections
New York Times

It's hard to feel unloved in the middle of a big election year. Al Gore wants your vote so badly he'll come to your house and spend the afternoon telling you about the Industrial Revolution -- if you'll only ask. George W. Bush has probably already

June 8th 2000
Free to Feel Alienated
Washington Post

Courtland Milloy is right to bemoan the low voter turnout in the June 27 referendum on restructuring the school board, but he is dead wrong to suggest that it has any bearing on whether the District should have representation in Congress [Metro, June

May 29th 2000
The Lesson of Red Ken
The New Yorker

London citizens voted for mayor in a kind of instant runoff elections, where each voter indicates their both first second choice candidate.

May 18th 2000
Electoral Reforms Needed
Baltimore Times

Fairvote's Eric Olsen explains how citizens will be the ultimate losers in the redistricting game, in which statehouse leaders carve up communities to create less competitive elections for themselves and their friends.

May 10th 2000
N.C. Could Avoid Costly Runoff Elections
Raleigh News and Observer

May 4th 2000
Proportional Representation Makes a Difference: London City Council Elections, May 4, 2000

A "mixed member" proportional representation system for London's city council elections was used n May 4, 2000.

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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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