Some Lessons on the
Los Angeles Times

Steven Hill criticizes the California Constitution Revision Commission for their ineffective reforms which missed the root of the problem -- the California electoral system.


Elections Give Voters Too Little To Say

FairVote's Lee Mortimer argues that the primary reason for such low voter turnout in the United States is a result of winner-take-all elections.


Dyckman on Districting
St. Petersburg Times

Martin Dyckman emphasizes the importance of district lines in determining election outcomes.


Time to Repair American Elections
Ecotopics International News Service

Fairvote's Caleb Kleppner comments on the 2000 presidential election and the mess our country has made of our electoral system.



New Means for Political Empowerment: Proportional Voting

As evidenced by reforms in Amarillo, Texas, voting methods such as choice voting, cumulative voting and limited voting offer easy solution to a more fair democracy.





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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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