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Texas Elector Resigns; Says Political Parties Have Corrupted Electoral College
Politico reported Monday that Art Sisneros, a Texas Republican elector, has chosen to resign his position instead of voting for Donald Trump. Sisneros signed a pledge with the Republica...
Presidential Salaries and Lavish Expenses: What George Washington and Donald Trump Have In Common
A romanticized view of a past that never happened the way we thought is one of the greatest disservices to a functioning modern republic.It gives us the impression that everything the demi-gods o...
Independent Voter Project Conference: Clean Energy Push Has Serious Economic Costs
California is a leader in clean energy innovation. But energy innovation does not come without a cost.The simplistic discussion about energy policy at the national level usually comes down to this: yo...
Let's All Agree On This: Stop Blocking Traffic for Protests!
There's a lot that American voters may be divided over, but there's one issue that hopefully we can all get together on and embrace a nonpartisan, obvious, and sane position. Demonstrators who have be...
Terror at Home: We Are Smarter Than We Think
Fear mongering media outlets have convinced many that we are losing the war on terror at home. The truth is, however, that we are doing quite well.According to the October Terror Threat Snap...
To Those Still Upset About the Popular Vote: It's Time to Let it Go
I've written many times on the Electoral College. While there are problems we should address, I'm not for the wholesale elimination of the concept.I'll admit, I'm a center-left, cross-ballot voter. Th...
The 2016 Election's Biggest Winner: Gary Johnson and The Libertarian Party?
You may be asking how the Libertarian Party could have won the 2016 election with no seats in Congress and with its presidential candidate finishing in a very, very distant third place behind the Demo...
Why Isn't Election Day a National Holiday Already?
Everyone has heard the grade school story of why we have elections on the first Tuesday in November. It was after harvest time, market days were on Wednesday, and people didn't want to have to travel ...
The Majority Has Spoken (Again and Again): It’s Time To End The Electoral College
Raise your hand if you think that the president of the United States should be elected by the popular vote. Ah, it looks like most of you do. Hands down and know that you’re not alone.In fact, poll af...
Solving Problems with Ranked Choice Voting: Replacing Runoffs
As the general election nears, FairVote will discuss problems with our election system and electoral solutions offered by ranked choice voting.In a previous blog post, we discussed the problems that c...