December 18th 2005
Huntsman: 4th Seat Viable Option
Standard-Examiner

Support from Utah for the D.C. FAIR Act.

December 17th 2005
Rep. Davis Cites Fresh Interest in D.C. Voting Rights, Including from Bush
Washington Post

Congressional representation for D.C. gains support in the U.S. House.

December 13th 2005
A Voter's Bill of Rights
OpEdNews

Candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of State John Bonifaz sets out a ten point agenda for fairer elections and greater voter choice, including instant runoff voting, proportional representation, and a constitutionally-protected right to vote.

December 12th 2005
Four States Reach Election Agreement
Associated Press

Election officials in four states study integrating voter registration databases to create cleaner voter rolls.

December 1st 2005
Famous UNLV coach's son begins state race with call for voter IDs
Associated Press

December 1st 2005
Ater won't run for secretary of state
The Times-Picayune

Louisiana Secretary of State will not run for office in special election this fall. Instead, he believes position should be appointed.

November 18th 2005
GI voting may be answer
The Daily Avertiser

This letter argues that displaced Lousiana voters should have the ability to cast ranked-choice absentee ballots, as military and overseas residents in the state now do.

November 16th 2005
Americans Lack Right to Vote
Yale Daily News

Support for a Constitutional right to vote from Yale student and FairVote board member Nikolas Bowie.

October 27th 2005
To Tame Polarization Of Politics, Fix Our Redistricting System
Roll Call

September 27th 2005
What Baker-Carter Got Right
Tom Paine

In a commentary, FairVote's Rob Richie and Steven Hill praise the Carter Baker's Commission's endorsement of universal voter registration and other positives in the Commission's final report.

September 26th 2005
A Vote For All Panel Wants Universal Registration, Revamped Primaries
Hartford Courant

In a commentary, FairVote's Rob Richie and Steven Hill praise the Carter Baker Commission's embrace of universal voter registration, but warn that a broader agenda is still needed.

September 25th 2005
Vote by mail? OK, so I was wrong ...
Seattle-Post Intelligencer

Editorial page editor Mark Trahant backs instant runoff voting and universal voter registration in this commentary on postal voting and the Carter-Baker Commission's report.

September 21st 2005
Carter-Baker Commission: Bolder than Advertised

Rob Richie and Steven Hill discuss how the Carter Baker Commission's final report, though boldly calling for universal registraion, falls a little short. The time is right to pursue a system that gets 100% of eligible voters on the rolls.

September 12th 2005
Arcata City, Calif. Establishes Model Voter Confidence Resolution For Nation's Cities to Follow
The Lone Star Iconoclast

Arcata City, CA establishes a voter resolution aimed at improving voting methods by implementing preferential voting and other reforms.

August 29th 2005
Nebraska in the Lead
The New York Times

A bipartisan effort in Nebraska relaxes felon disenfranchisement law

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