Category Archives: alternative voting systems

“The 2012 Elections and the Vanishing Congressional Moderate”

November 15, 2012, 8:06 pmalternative voting systems, UncategorizedRick Hasen

FairVote: Key Stats: Number of 20 most “centrist” Members from 112th Congress returning in 2013: 8 Number of House districts leaning more than 52% to 48% for one party that in 2011 were represented by a Member of another… Continue reading

“Libertarian acted as spoiler in Senate race, GOP says”

November 7, 2012, 10:52 pmalternative voting systems, ballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

Billings Gazette: “U.S. Senate Libertarian candidate Dan Cox will tell you that it was never his intention to be a spoiler in one of the most closely watched races in the nation. He equally disliked both of his opponents’… Continue reading

Two from FairVote

November 7, 2012, 8:27 pmalternative voting systems, election administration, redistricting, votingRick Hasen

Press Release: How FairVote Correctly Projected 333 Congressional Races Last July Press Release: We Know 35 States That Will Not be 2016 Swing States

“Al Benn’s Alabama: One person, seven votes? Chilton County voting is different”

November 4, 2012, 9:50 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Cumulative voting in Alabama.

“New Report Analyzes the Effect of Top Two in Washington State”

October 25, 2012, 1:24 pmalternative voting systems, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

FairVote analysis.

“Ranked Choice Voting Comes to Berkeley: How It Works, How to Do It”

October 2, 2012, 8:29 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

See here.

“Sought: Voters with Real Power”

September 24, 2012, 8:24 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

WSJ’s “The Number’s Guy” explores.

Will Gary Johnson’s Placement on the Ballot Help Obama or Romney?

September 9, 2012, 10:01 amalternative voting systems, third partiesRick Hasen

NYT: Mr. Johnson shares some of the cross-party appeal of Representative Ron Paul of Texas, who complimented him publicly last week. Advisers said Mr. Johnson’s potential for cutting into Mr. Romney’s support was greatest in Florida, where Mr. Romney is… Continue reading

“Anaheim Needs District Elections”

September 6, 2012, 3:49 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Cal Watchdog reports.

“Judge Slammed for Delaying Ballot Appeal”

September 6, 2012, 9:19 amalternative voting systems, votingRick Hasen

Courthouse News Service reports. My earlier coverage of the Nevada “None of the Above” litigation is here.

“Virgil Goode Makes the Virginia Ballot”

September 5, 2012, 9:27 amalternative voting systems, third partiesRick Hasen

Jon Walker blogs.

“Our Electoral Exceptionalism”

August 31, 2012, 8:04 amalternative voting systems, citizen commissions, pedagogy, redistrictingRick Hasen

Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming U Chicago Law Review). Here is the abstract: Election law suffers from a comparative blind spot. Scholars in the field have devoted almost no attention to how other countries organize their… Continue reading

“Occupy Wall Street Politics & Electoral Reform Working Group Releases Report on First Voting Experiment Survey Sample, Prepares for Election Day Alternative Voting Study”

July 30, 2012, 1:59 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

See this press release.

“Single-member districts offer mixed bag for minorities; Montgomery wants what Prince George’s has — a majority-Hispanic district”

July 13, 2012, 8:07 amalternative voting systems, redistricting, referendumRick Hasen

News from Maryland. In more Maryland redistricting news see this report, “Redistricting petition drive meets signature goal; Supporters expect legal challenge to congressional map.”