Fair Vote

FairVote advocates for election reform: universal voter registration, a national popular vote for president, instant runoff voting, and proportional voting, aiming for secure participation and fair representation.

We Have The Ultimate Solution to Ending Two-Party Scheme

Last month, the Brennan Center released a scathing report on gerrymandering in America. Using multiple metrics, they uncovered several damning findings: * A net structural advantage towards Republicans of 16 to

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June 2, 2017

How to End Partisan Gerrymandering for Good -- Using Simple Math

Sam Wang has used a combination of computer simulations and simple math tests to help reveal the partisan intent behind the post-2010 redistricting. All this work gave the neuroscientist

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May 15, 2017

Greater Choice, More Civility: City Makes History in Canada with Ranked Choice Voting

More diversity. More choice. More civility. Those were just a few of the reasons touted by city councilors in London, Ontario, last week when the Canadian city made history as

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May 10, 2017

New Data Paints Dire Picture of Democracy after 2016 Elections

Last week, we released our Dubious Democracy 2016 dataset on U.S. House elections. The story that the 2016 election data tells is damning. Like past elections, the 2016 U.

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May 1, 2017

Slate France Editor: Election "Makes the Principle of One Person, One Vote"

When French voters went to the polls Sunday to choose among 11 presidential candidates, they knew one thing for certain: The ultimate winner would have majority support. That’s because

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April 25, 2017

This Book Will Change The Way You Look at Elections in the U.S.

“Are American elections working well?” [...] “All of this said, things could work much better." The first of these two sentences appears in Chapter 1 of Changing How America Votes,

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April 20, 2017

Wisconsin Bill Limiting Recounts is Detrimental to Election Integrity

More than a decade after the 2000 presidential election debacle in Florida, the litigation following the 2016 presidential election demonstrated that our electoral system is still not equipped to confront

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April 19, 2017

John Oliver Misses Prime Opportunity to Discuss Better Solution to Gerrymandering

On HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver tackled an issue that many consider the most pressing threat to our democracy: gerrymandering. As he often does, Oliver explained the intricacies

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April 12, 2017

Ranked Choice Voting in Action: Arlington Democrats Use RCV for Caucus

From May 9th to 13th, the Arlington County Democratic Committee (ACDC) will be using ranked choice voting to select their nominee for a seat on the Arlington County Board. With

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April 11, 2017

Ranked Choice Voting Gets Largest Support Ever from Mass. Lawmakers

A total of 31 lawmakers in Massachusetts are co-sponsoring H. 2897, which would allow towns, municipalities, and cities to use ranked choice voting for their local elections. Originally sponsored

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March 31, 2017

Forget Money In Politics; There's a Bigger Problem with Elections

In 2010, the Supreme Court overturned the ban on corporate election spending in the landmark Citizens United case. A majority of the justices considered political spending to be a form

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March 24, 2017

Utah House Passes Bipartisan Ranked Choice Voting Bill

On Friday, March 3rd, 2017, the Utah House voted 59-12 to pass HB 349, a bill that would require the use of ranked choice voting for nearly all Utah

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March 3, 2017