GOP gerrymandering creates American apartheid
Sacramento Bee, Bergen Record and other publications

Note: Gerrymandering is a bipartisan scandal. The Center for Voting and Democracy has been critical of both major parties for their nearly universal tendency to put partisanship and incumbent protection over the public interest. Republican abuses hav


Tom Delay Ambushes Texas -- And America
Progressive Populist





Trading Places
Common Sense- U.S. Term Limits Foundation

Instant runoff voting (IRV) is posed as an alternative to "Nader-trading," where Nader supporters in competitive states traded votes with Gore-supporters in non-competitive states.


Guns and Moms: November's Race within a Race

National Rifle Association has great influence, because many "swing" voters - both Democrat as well as Republican - support gun rights.

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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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