Category Archives: alternative voting systems
“No, national vote shares don’t much matter for the Senate. But the House is different.”
“Instant-runoff voting would make D.C. races more competitive”
“Analysis: Rick Scott was one of ten governors to win election without a majority vote — most in a century”
WaPo Editorial Endorses Instant Runoff Voting for DC Elections
“Ballot (and Voter) ‘Exhaustion’ Under Instant Runoff Voting: An Examination of Four Ranked-Choice Elections”
Craig Burnett and Vladimir Kogan have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Electoral Studies). Here is the abstract:
Some proponents of municipal election reform advocate for the adoption of Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), a method that allows voters to rank… Continue reading
“Republicans Only Got 52 Percent of the Vote in House Races; How did they end up with 57 percent of the seats?”
Rob Richie for The Nation.
“Our View: Ranked-choice petition first step toward reform”
Portland Press Herald editorial.
“Substantial Majority of Small Business Owners Favor a Multi-Party System for the U.S.”
“FairVote Joins Voting Rights Case in Washington to Promote Fair Representation”
FairVote wants to use “fair representation voting at-large”—which I think must be cumulative voting with a fancy name—to remedy a Voting Rights Act violation.
UPDATE: In this context, Fairvote is supporting Yakima’s efforts to use “limited voting.” FairVote uses the… Continue reading
“Castaic school district to shift to cumulative voting”
A wave of cumulative voting adoptions to avoid drawing majority-minority districts in the face of liability under the California Voting Rights Act.
“Three reasons why New Zealand has the best-designed government in the world”
“Election of Women in our 100 Largest Cities: Disadvantaged by Districts”
Reihan Salam Writes in Slate for Multimember Districts
Read.