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Alaskans Have Spoken: New Voting System Is Fairer, Easy, and Gives Them Better Candidates
A new report from the McKinley Research Group (MRG) finds that Alaskans are generally satisfied with their new nonpartisan voting system. Not only is it simple, but they also have more confidence ...
13 Apr, 2023
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Partisan Lawmakers Nationwide Desperately Move to Deny Voters Better Elections
It is no coincidence that as the nation witnesses an explosion in pro-voter reform successes, partisan state lawmakers across the country are trying to undermine citizen initiatives, and block nonpart ...
10 Apr, 2023
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Rhode Island Group Says Primary Reform Needed to End Dismal State of Competition, Voter Participation in Elections
Notable Republican and Democratic leaders in Rhode Island have come together to change how the state conducts its primary elections. The effort, called the People’s Primary, seeks to bring more compet ...
08 Mar, 2023
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Nonpartisan Primary Resolution Introduced In Arkansas Legislature
Arkansas State Senator Clarke Tucker (Little Rock) has introduced a state constitutional amendment that would implement a nonpartisan top-two primary system in Arkansas similar to the systems in place ...
10 Feb, 2023
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How Proportional Representation Works in Elections
Voters have expressed their desire to see systemic reform to how we elect our public officials. When asked what specific reforms they want in a recent poll, many said they would like to see a proporti ...
08 Feb, 2023
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The Sensible Voices Drowned Out in the Race for House Speaker
After a mere 15 tries, Kevin McCarthy finally holds the gavel as Speaker of the House. Drowned out in stories of successive floor votes and physical altercations between middle aged men were a few voi ...
16 Jan, 2023
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Mark Cuban Is Talking About Ranked Choice Voting
Billionaire industry titan Mark Cuban has a solution for the ongoing Speaker dilemma is the US House: Use ranked choice voting.
“Is there a better commercial for Rank Choice Voting than what is goi ...
06 Jan, 2023
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Nonpartisan Reformers Summit: Planning the Future of Stronger, Fairer, More Accountable Elections
The most critical movement right now in the US is to give voters an election system that is accountable, competitive, and free of corruption. Hundreds of organizations across the country are working t ...
14 Dec, 2022
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The Election Wave No One Is Talking About
While there’s lots of talk about “red waves” and “blue waves,” what really deserves the headlines is the “reform wave” that’s sweeping the country.
From coast to coast, election reform was on the b ...
17 Nov, 2022
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Here Are the States with the Highest Voter Turnout in 2022
Editor's Note: This article originally published on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.
Four years ago, when the nation headed to the polls in the middle ...
15 Nov, 2022
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