January 6th 2000
The Instant Runoff
Sacramento News and Review

Plurality election may violate the majority rule, and runoff elections creates additional costs. The solution would be instant runoff voting (IRV.)

January 1st 2000
American women have a long way to go
papers in Syracuse (NY), Amarillo (TX),

January 1st 2000
A Third Choice
Washington Post

The race dilemma exists in everything from prestigious appointments to university admissions but perhaps most clearly in democracy's most basic tenet: the right to cast a vote and have it count.

November 28th 1999
Face from past could fortify Reform Party
Times Publishing Company

FairVote's John Anderson offers the reform party a chance to solidify a permanant third party into presidential politics.

November 3rd 1999
No Contest, No Choice
USA Today

This article discusses how parties undermine democratic participation to hold onto their seats by gerrymandering and encouraging low voter turnout.

November 2nd 1999
Uncontested Contests

Many incumbents now run in uncontested elections as a result of redistricting, leaving many people behind without a voice to be heard.

October 30th 1999
Jesse Helms v. Carol Moseley-Braun

This article, by Rob Richie and Steven Hill, uses the Jesse Helms and Carol Mosely-Braun situation, which includes racial overtones, to address the outdated, and executive nature of the United States Senate.

October 29th 1999
Electoral College

In a letter to the editors of the Wall Street Journal, Rob Richie uses election data to prove that the Presidency is the only office of significance in the nation where a candidate can win with fewer votes then an opponent.

October 17th 1999
Ch-Ch-Changes
The Columbian

This article discusses the Vancouver Columbian's endorsement of Amendment 1, which is the charter amendment to give Vancouver the option of using instant runoff voting (IRV) in future elections.

October 17th 1999
Runoff plan gives voters a real choice
The Columbian

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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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