November 8th 1998
Give a 'Body' a Mandate
St. Petersburg Times

Making a strong case for instant-runoff voting, Martin Dyckman refers to Jesse Ventura's election as a prime example of why this reform is long overdue.

November 1st 1998
Fall 1998 speech in favor of Proportional Representation,
The Velvet Revolution

Speech on Proportional Representation given by FairVote Board Chair and former Nirvana Bassist Krist Novoselic.

October 30th 1998
New York's Test For Republicans

FairVote's Rob Richie argues that his findings have shown that voters consistently vote for candidates of the same party as they did for the presidential election.

September 13th 1998
These Reforms Will Get Voters To the Polls

FairVote's Jamin Raskin and Rob Richie argue that cumulative voting, instant runoff voting (IRV), and proportional voting are needed to reform our undemocratic election system.

August 1st 1998
A fairer system for voters
Boston Globe

May 29th 1998
Get Your Election Results Right Here!

FairVote's Steven Hill argues that the monopoly politics and single seat winner-take-all election process allows us to determine who winners will be prior to primaries and general elections.

May 21st 1998
Streamlining runoffs

FairVote's Rob Richie and Steven Hill argue that the mud-slinging political strategy of campaigns will be eliminated with an instant runoff voting (IRV) system.

May 19th 1998
Taxpayer-Financed Exclusion: The Supreme Court's Latest Outrage

FairVote Chair John B. Anderson argues that by excluding third parties from the media, we are exacerbating the problem of the monopoly politics of our two-party political system.

April 2nd 1998
How to Bind the Nation

FairVote's Steven Hill argues that due to the high level of ethnic diversity in california, single-member districts are unreasonable and ineffective since the majority's concerns will not be heard.

February 16th 1998
The Voters Decide Their Representation

FairVote's John Anderson and Rob Richie argue that proportional representation can eliminate the practice of "racial gerrymandering" and corrupt redistricting practices.

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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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