Category Archives: alternative voting systems
“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.
“Judge upholds Santa Clarita proposal for cumulative voting”
Cumulative voting ok to settle California Voting Rights Act claims.
“Why Democrats Can’t Win the House”
Nate Cohn writes for NYT’s “The Upshot.”
Democrats often blame gerrymandering, but that’s not the whole story. More than ever, the kind of place where Americans live — metropolitan or rural — dictates their political views. The country is increasingly… Continue reading