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Report: Surge In Mail-In Voting In 2020 Didn't Lead to Increase in Ballot Rejections
Report: Surge In Mail-In Voting In 2020 Didn't Lead to Increase in Ballot Rejections
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍Despite more Americans than ever opting to vote by mail in the 2 ...
23 Aug, 2021
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3 min read
California: A Voting Rights Catalyst or Dinosaur?
California: A Voting Rights Catalyst or Dinosaur?
Depending on what news station you watch, you might think that one party is the savior and the other, the enemy, of our sacred right to vote.But what if a larger battle is being waged to secure our ri ...
22 Jul, 2021
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9 min read
Ranked Choice Voting Gets Positive Review in NYC, Despite Tally Blunder
Ranked Choice Voting Gets Positive Review in NYC, Despite Tally Blunder
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. ‍A tallying error by the New York City Board of Elections threw ...
01 Jul, 2021
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5 min read
Thanks To Ranked Choice Voting, A NYC Mayoral Candidate Won't Win with 32% of the Vote
Thanks To Ranked Choice Voting, A NYC Mayoral Candidate Won't Win with 32% of the Vote
Voters in New York City won't know who won Tuesday's hotly contested Democratic mayoral primary just yet. Voters went to the polls to rank for the first time their preferences in a large field of viab ...
23 Jun, 2021
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5 min read
Vermont Sets An Example for Bipartisan Vote-By-Mail Expansion
Vermont Sets An Example for Bipartisan Vote-By-Mail Expansion
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished with permission from the publisher. ‍While much of the country's election reform legislation has been rife with ...
09 Jun, 2021
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2 min read
23 Utah Cities Adopt Ranked Choice Voting for 2021 Elections
23 Utah Cities Adopt Ranked Choice Voting for 2021 Elections
It is only May and already 2021 has been a monumental year for ranked choice voting. Not only is RCV being used for the first time in New York City, but 23 Utah cities have passed ordinances to use it ...
11 May, 2021
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Independent Voters Aren’t Just Growing, They're Changing American Politics
Independent Voters Aren’t Just Growing, They're Changing American Politics
Just a few weeks after the storming of the Capitol and the impeachment trial, Gallup found for the first time that 50% of voters identify as independents.  Registered independent voters are now t ...
06 Apr, 2021
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4 min read
Joe Biden Can't Bring Voters Together, But There's One Reform That Can
Joe Biden Can't Bring Voters Together, But There's One Reform That Can
‍There are a number of nonpartisan reforms being proposed to address the myriad of deep systemic problems that ensure US elections primarily serve the private, gain-seeking interests of the Republican ...
29 Jan, 2021
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22 min read
Joe Biden Can't Bring Voters Together, But There's One Reform That Can
Joe Biden Can't Bring Voters Together, But There's One Reform That Can
Ranked choice voting, or the ability to rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference instead of simply choosing one, has been adopted and/or implemented in 21 cities and 2 states, representing a total voting age population of over 9.2 million people.
29 Jan, 2021
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22 min read
Despite Reform Gains, Partisan Interests Still Largely Control Redistricting Process
Despite Reform Gains, Partisan Interests Still Largely Control Redistricting Process
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍Next year's redistricting landscape is, at best, a mixed bag for good ...
24 Nov, 2020
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8 min read