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California: Californians
for Electoral Reform. CFER has
now been working for full representation for a decade and has a
regular newsletter, meetings and local chapters. You can reach CFER by calling
the local number in your area: 510-527-8025 or 415-681-2580) or e-mailing any questions to
[email protected]
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Illinois: Midwest
Democracy Center. A
Chicago-based membership group that advocates for electoral reforms
to make our governments more democratic and more representative.
They include: cumulative voting for the Illinois House of
Representatives in three-member districts so everyone (including
political minorities) have a voice, instant runoff voting, same-day
voter registration. One particular project is Illinois Citizens for
Proportional Representation, which pushed to restore cumulative voting for
the Illinois House of Representatives and adopt full representation
for local elections. MDC can be reached at (312) 587-7060.
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Minnesota: Fairvote
Minnesota
FairVote
Minnesota is a coalition of concerned citizens formed to educate voters throughout
the state about the advantages of other ways of voting, especially Full Representation systems. FairVote Minnesota can be reached at
612-724-5540.
- Washington: Washington
State Citizens for Proportional Representation
. Supports: amending Seattle's City Charter
to require choice voting for city elections; state legislation
which would apportion our state's electoral college votes based on
our state's popular vote for president; maintaining an active "Speaker's
Bureau;" holding monthly meetings. Please contact us at:
P.O. Box 20534, Seattle, WA 98102. Message phone: 206-366-2158.
Fax: 206-285-2460. E-mail: [email protected]
Instant Runoff Advocacy Groups
- California: California Instant
Runoff Voting Coalition. An action-oriented site that is
campaigning for more of the successful local ballot measures in California
(like Oakland, Santa Clara County and San Leandro County) as well as state
legislation.
- Florida: Citizens
for Instant Runoff in Florida a statewide group working in Florida to
establish majority winners for election through the implementation of IRV.
- Washington State: IRV
initiative campaign in
Washington A statewide
group working in Washington to implement majority rule. In 1999,
reformers backed a sucessful initative on IRV in Vancouver,
Washington
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- Utah: Fairvote Utah. A
coalition promoting instant runoff voting for public election at
local, state and federal levels in Utah; in political conventions;
and in schools, companies and private organizations.
- Massachusetts: Fair Vote
Massachusetts is working for instant runoff voting
and full representation in Massachusetts. Mass IRV focuses on instant runoff voting
in the state. Mass Vote has a broad pro-democracy agenda that includes
full representation and IRV. MassIRV is a non-partisan
coalition of Massachusetts citizens for Instant Runoff Voting. They
also have a listserv
which you can join.
- Michigan: F-IRV: Ferndale Residents for
Instant Runoff Voting. Coalition of Ferndale, Michigan residents
advocating intant runoff voting.
- New York: NYS-IRV : Citizens
for Instant Runoff Voting in New York State. NYS-IRV disperses
information in support of adopting IRV for all New York State primaries
and local elections.
- The Independent Progressive Politics Network
promotes full representation, instant runoff voting and
other reforms.
- InstantRunoff.com A web-based resource for instant
runoff voting advocates around the country. You can find news of IRV
activity in each state here. The site offers free email forwarding
for @instantrunoff.com addresses -- just request a name with a short
note in an email. It is a project of the Midwest
Democracy Center
- Americans for Real Majorities This is a feisty group that is calling on the
CBS network to use a better voting system for their reality TV show
"Survivor." They were hoping that when the
show moved to Australia for the sequel, they would have left
the primitive plurality voting system back on the island and picked
up the Australian system of instant runoff voting.
- National Association of State PIRGs
These aggressive state-based reform organizations launched this
website to spread the message on the need for majority rule and an
end to wasted votes. It's called VotersDecide.com.
- A 'spoiler-proof' alternative to plurality
voting This is one
of the best animated descriptions of instant runoff
voting on the web. Requires Flash to see it, but this one is worth
checking out.
- Reclaim Democracy.org
is dedicated to reforming elections, and advocates IRV voting as a key part of
its efforts.
Email
listserves
National IRV listserve: This site
allows you to read the archives or subscribe to a moderated list
(one or two email messages per day) promoting instant runoff
voting.
- The monthly
newsletter of the Center for Voting and
Democracy
- Democrats
for Instant Runoff Voting and Republicans for
Instant Runoff Voting
- The drive to
revive cumulative voting for the Illinois House
- All 50 states and DC have their own lists for instant runoff organizing.
Some are new, so invite others to join! Alabama,
Alaska,
Arkansas, Arizona,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware, District
of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
Mississippi, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New
Mexico, New
York, North
Carolina, North
Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah,
Virginia,
Vermont,
Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin,
Wyoming.
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Alliance for Better Campaigns
- Administration
and Cost of Elections (ACE) Project. It contains an online version
of the International IDEA Handbook of Electoral System Design, a valuable reference on all aspects of the design and
administration of election systems.
- Alternative
Election Systems. Links to
various alternative elections systems and the text of several laws
or proposals for proportional representation.
- Ballot
Access News. This is a monthly
publication focusing on legislative and legal developments about the
access of candidates and parties to the ballot. Contact: P.O. Box
470296, San Francisco, CA 94147 (415) 922-9779.
- Constitution
Project Election Reform Initiative
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Electoral
Calendar An electoral
calendar that includes general, presidential, municipal, regional,
administrative, legislative elections and referendums in every
country. Click on year under Previous and Next Elections for a
chronological listing of elections. Updated weekly.
- Election Law A website by Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) Law
Professor Rick Hasen, devoted to "the law of politics and the
politics of law."
- ElectionLine.Org A project of
the Election Reform Information Project, this site is a
non-partisan, non-advocacy website providing up-to-the-minute news
and analysis on election reform.
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Elections Around the
World Wilfried Derksen's very nice updates on electoral results
around the world
- Elections:
Results and Voting Systems
- Election Systems Study Guide
of League of Women Voters of Santa Monica (CA): For those of you studying, or
considering studying, voting systems the Santa Monica study guide is now on
line. There is an
extensive bibliography
at the end of the study with lots of links to websites
we used in our
research.
- Electronic
Voting Page A site with resources, links and news about
electronic voting.
- Complete sets of U.S.
presidential election results for all years and candidates by
states, including primaries.
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The Federal Elections
Commission has some good info about the basic questions on voter registration and turnout
in 1998;
campaign finance laws, reports and data; votes cast for parties by
state, with primary votes as well; map of the US showing geography
of party splits.
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Initiative and Referendum
Institute (I&R) is a non-profit organization dedicated to
the study of the initaitive and referendum process. The website
contains links to local, state, and national I&R, as well as a
ballotwatch feature and I&R research. Contact: P.O. Box 6306
Leesburg, VA 20718 (703) 723-9621. International
Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) From its website: "Created in 1995
by 14 countries, International IDEA promotes and advances
sustainable democracy and improves and consolidates electoral
processes world-wide." This website contains a wealth of information
about international elections and election systems, as well as voter turnout.
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International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is non-profit organization dedicated to
strengthening the election process in emerging democracies. It has a
quarterly newsletter devoted to elections and an extensive library
open to the public. Contact: 1101 15th Street NW, 3rd Floor,
Washington, DC 20005 (202) 828-8507.
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The Improving
Campaign Conduct research program at the Center
for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American
University is funded by the Pew Charitable Trust and works with the
campaign consulting industry to improve the conduct of
campaigns.
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Lijphart Elections
Archive. A research collection of election statistics
and results for approximately 350 national legislative elections
in 26 countries.
- National Commission on Federal
Election Reform. New commission organized to recommend ways to
improve the accuracy and fairness of federal elections. Co-chaired
by Presidents Carter and Ford.
- Electoral
Systems Research Committee (ESRC) is an organization of scholars
and researchers with regular publications and periodic conferences.
To join, please fill out the form below and
mail it with a check of $20 to: Dr. Jih-wen Lin Sun, Yat-sen
Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy Academia Sinica,
Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan 11529. Please make your check payable
to JIH-WEN LIN (NOT ESRC). We have to open a personal account for
ESRC to avoid extremely tedious administrative red tape in opening
an organizational account.
You can also e-mail the form to [email protected].
Send your name, mailing address, etc.
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Project
Vote Smart: Non-partisan voter
education site with extensive information on national, state, &
local elected officials, their campaign finances, issue positions,
ratings by special interest groups, and voting records. Also has
issue briefs, links, voter registration info and bill
tracking.
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State Net: Election
'98. "Your resource for 50-state election news,
intelligence, and analysis."
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The Washington Post has a page of Virginia
election links.
- Web
White & Blue is a nonpartisan
election-specific website funded by the Markle Foundation. The
project includes a curriculum guide for teachers.
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The American Political Science Association
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The Department of Politics at
the University of Keele links to many political topics. One page
links to over 100 sites about US campaigns. The
site links to over 3,200 major political and governmental sites around the
world. Sections include: Elections,
Political theory, Government sites, Government info, British politics, Area studies, Local & regional, Constitutions, Political parties, Manifestos, Political thought, International relations, Data archives, Journals & news, Other politics websites
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