August 26th 2004
City approves task force to look at alternative voting systems
Sun Newspapers

In recent years the city of Hopkins has had some elections where the winning candidate did not receive the majority of the vote. But the city is investigating options that would ensure that won't continue to happen.

August 26th 2004
Voters May Have Their Say Before Election Day
Washington Post

Battleground states are part of a national trend that offers voters an alternative to standing in lines at the polls. Thirty states allow residents to cast their vote early, either in person or by mail, and do not require voters to provide a reason.

August 24th 2004
Abolish the Electoral College

On August 29, 2004, the nation's weightiest newspaper reversed its position and called for direct election of the president in the editorial below. Its strong editorial has important implications for reformers. Beyond the power of calling for an

August 24th 2004
Hindering America's Vote
In These Times

August 23rd 2004
Vote Count at Mercy of Clandestine Testing
Associated Press

August 23rd 2004
Eleven Pro-democracy Civic Groups jointly released a Report Today Titled
Open Debates

August 23rd 2004
San Francisco Adopts Instant Runoff Elections
NPR

FairVote's Rob Richie speaks in a radio news report on the adoption of Instant Runoff Voting in San Francisco

August 20th 2004
Perspective: Felons have problems in getting right to vote restored
The State

August 19th 2004
Wilmont Opts for Instant Runoff Voting
Santa Monica Mirror

August 19th 2004
Professor's analysis: Cumulative voting OK
Amarillo Globe News

Only 1.3% of voters cast overvotes and 1.2% cast undervotes in May 2004 cumulative voting election in Amarillo.

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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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