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Former GOP Presidential Candidate Bill Weld Joins Mass. Ranked Choice Voting Campaign
BOSTON, MASS. - It looks like former GOP presidential candidate and Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld supports bringing ranked choice voting to the commonwealth. He is included on a list of 7 hig ...
29 Jul, 2020
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3 min read
Ranked Choice Voting in Presidential Primaries: Higher Turnout, More Choice, Greater Confidence
The nonpartisan reform group FairVote released a new report Wednesday that examines the impact ranked choice voting had on the 4 Democratic presidential primaries and caucus that used ranked choice v ...
23 Jul, 2020
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2 min read
How We Vote Could Make You Sick, And We Shouldn't Accept That
Voting is a right; This shouldn’t be a controversial statement but it is. The struggle to ensure that every adult United States citizen has the right to vote has been going on since the founding of ou ...
20 Jul, 2020
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3 min read
Nonpartisan Reformers Offer Good News in a Tumultuous 2020
We know it can be hard to see past all the troubling news coming out of 2020. Yet, even in these trying times, we do have something to celebrate:Reform is WINNING.In the past month, our members broke ...
16 Jul, 2020
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4 min read
Major National Reform Progress: New Initiatives, Spotlights, Books, and More...
First, on behalf of the NANR Board, I want to thank our members for making NANR's first Spotlight program on June 8 a big success, highlighting the important work our members are doing to ensure safe ...
18 Jun, 2020
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5 min read
Need More Proof of a Rigged Political Process?
Most Americans believe the US is headed in the wrong direction, trust in the federal government is at dismal levels, and people are consumed by frustration, grief, and/or rage in uncertain and tumultu ...
18 Jun, 2020
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11 min read
National Reformers Spotlight Record-Setting Elections under Vote at Home, Ranked Choice Voting
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacies of most elections in the US, specifically when it comes to protecting the right of voters in the midst of a crisis. However, two reforms have taken c ...
09 Jun, 2020
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6 min read
Ranked Choice Voting Campaign Smashes Signature Requirement to Get on 2020 Ballot
Voter Choice for Massachusetts 2020 (Voter Choice Mass) announced Wednesday that it has smashed the signature requirement to get ranked choice voting on the November ballot well ahead of the petition ...
27 May, 2020
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New Book: The Need for Political Innovation Greater Now Than before Pandemic
Many are aware by now that US Rep. Justin Amash has decided not to run for president -- citing the cumbersome realities the current political system presents to candidates outside the two major partie ...
21 May, 2020
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12 min read
Courts Will Protect the Voting Rights of Party Members, But Why Not Independents?
New York state cannot cancel the Democratic presidential primary, according to a ruling by a federal judge on Tuesday after top Democratic leaders tried to remove presidential candidates from the ...
08 May, 2020
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14 min read