Individual Endorsements
  • Kathleen Barber, Professor Emerita, John Carroll University and former chair, Cuyahoga County Charter Commission
  • Harriet S. Barlow, Director, HKH Foundation
    Ted Becker, Alumni Professor of Political Science, Auburn University
  • Medea Benjamin, Founding Director, Global Exchange
  • Jim Blacksher, Civil Rights Attorney, Alabama
  • Bart Bouricius
    [Read his testimony to the Connecticut House of Representatives]
  • Ken Bresler, columnist and former Massachusetts state legislative candidate
  • John C. Brittain, Dean, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University*
  • Dennis Burke, Writer and former executive director, Arizona Common Cause
  • Peter Camejo, 2004 Green Party candidate for VP, California Green Party gubernatorial candidate
    [Read Camejo's statement in support of IRV]
  • Dan Cantor, Executive Director, Working Families Party*
  • Steve Cheifetz, Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust*
  • David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential nominee
    [Read about Cobb's support of IRV]
  • Steve Cobble, Former Political Director, National Rainbow Coalition
  • Jeff Cohen, Author and Media Critic
  • Richard DeLeon, Department of Political Science, San Francisco State University*
    [Read a letter from DeLeon urging IRV for Berkeley]
  • Derek Cressman, Democracy Program Director, National Association of State PIRGs
  • Ron Daniels, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights
  • Lisa Disch, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  • Ronnie Dugger, Founder and First Co-Chair, Alliance for Democracy
  • David Eliscu, Western Connecticut Green Party
  • Dave Enrich, Citizens for True Democracy
  • Ralph Estes, Center for Advancement of Public Policy
  • Al Franken, Political Commentator
  • Frances Fox-Piven, Graduate Center, City University of New York*
  • John Gibson, Common Bonds*
  • John Glasel, Past President, American Federation of Musicians� Local 802 (NYC)*
  • Ted Glick, Independent Progressive Politics Network
  • Bill Gram-Reefer, Worldview
  • Dr. William Grover, Chair, Political Science Department at St. Michael's College
  • Lani Guinier, Professor, Harvard Law School
  • Doris �Granny D� Haddock
  • Dan Hamburg, Former U.S. Congressman and Executive Director, Voice of the Environment*
  • Thom Hartmann, Host of the nationally syndicated radio show "The Thom Hartmann Program"
    [Read an excerpt about IRV from Thom Hartmann's book]
  • Howie Hawkins, Green Party, Syracuse, New York
  • Ronald Hayduk, Assistant Professor, City University of New York
  • Hendrik Hertzberg, senior editor, The New Yorker
  • Jim Hoaglund, VoterMarch*
  • Gerald Horne, Attorney, Author and Activist
  • Evelyn Jerome, past president, Los Angeles County Young Democrats
  • Neal Jesse, Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University*
  • Mark P. Jones, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
  • Sheila Jordan, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools, Hayward, California
  • David Kairys, Professor of Law, Temple University*
  • David Dyssegaard Kallick, Former Social Policy editor
  • Randy Kehler, Alliance for Democracy*
  • Alex Keyssar, Professor of History, Duke University*
  • Jerry Arthur Knight, Judge Hubert L. Will Chapter, American Veterans Committee
  • David C. Korten, Author of When Corporations Rule the World
  • Saul Landau, Institute for Policy Studies*
  • Kay Lawson, Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University
  • David Lawrence, Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
  • Daniel Lazare, Journalist and Author of The Frozen Republic (1996)
  • Michael Lewyn, Professor, John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Arend Lijphart, Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California, San Diego*
  • Phillip Macklin, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Miami University* / Chair, Governance Committee of Oxford, Ohio League of Women Voters*
  • Robert McKay, San Francisco
  • Kevin McKeown, City Councilmember, Santa Monica, California
  • Michael Morrill, Pennsylvania Consumer Action Network
  • Dr. Ted Mosch, University of Tennessee-Martin
  • Jon Moscow, Co-Director, Amber Charter School, New York City
  • Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis Law School & Shelby County Commission, Tennessee (Memphis)
  • Phil Tajitsu Nash, Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland*
  • Wayne Peak, Political Scientist, Colorado State University
  • William Peltz, Capital District Labor-Religion Coalition, Albany, New York*
  • Joseph G. Peschek, Political Science, Hamline University
  • George Pillsbury, Bostonvote*
  • Lewis Pitts, Director, Advocates for Children's Services, Legal Services of North Carolina*
  • John Rapp, Professor of Political Science, Beloit College*
  • Jamin Raskin, Professor of Constitutional Law, American University*
  • Scott Rasmussen, Independent Public Opinion Analyst
  • Willie Ratcliff, Publisher, San Francisco Bay View newspaper
  • Juan C. Ros, Executive Director, Libertarian Party of California
  • John Rensenbrink, Founder Maine Green Independent Party; Author: Against All Odds: the Green Transformation of American Politics (Leopold Press, 1999)
  • Richard Rider, President, Economy Telcom*
  • Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Mark E. Rush, Associate Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University
  • Paul Ryder, Ohio Citizen Action*
  • Donald Shaffer, Member and Board of Directors, NYCLU*; Co-Chair, New Politics Club of Long Island*
  • Matthew Singer, Montana YMCA Youth and Government Youth Governor 2000-2001
  • James R. Simmons, Chair, Political Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh*
  • Bill Smaldone, City Councilor, Salem, Oregon
  • Sam Smith, Editor, The Progressive Review
  • Ed Snyder, Friends Committee on National Legislation Executive Secretary Emeritus
    [Read a letter about IRV by Snyder to Maine legislators (.rtf 5.29kB)]
  • Tony Solgard, Chair, FairVote Minnesota
  • Bill Spelman, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas; and former member, Austin City Council
  • Aaron Starr, Chairman, Libertarian Party of California
  • Jean Stein, editor, Grand Street Magazine*
  • David Stern, Stern Family Fund
  • Edward Still, Voting and Elections Attorney, Washington, DC
  • Rein Taagepera, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California, Irvine
  • Nicolaus Tideman, Professor of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*
  • Michael Twombly, Executive Director, Northwest Democracy Institute
  • Father Benjamin J. Urmston, S.J., Director Peace and Justice Programs, Xavier University
  • Dr. Gerald R. Webster, Professor of Geography, University of Alabama*
  • Leonard Williams, Department of History and Political Science, Manchester College
  • Robert Winters, Harvard University Department of Mathematics*
  • David Zavon, political fairness activist, Cinncinnati
  • Joseph Zimmerman, Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Albany
  • Representative David Zuckerman, Vermont State House

     


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