Category Archives: alternative voting systems
“‘Government of Few’ Report Highlights New Tools Exposing our Broken Democracy”
Rob Richie:
FairVote today released Government of the Few in the “Decided Dozen” — Frozen Representation and the Distorted Demographics of Decisive Primary Elections. Report authors Andrew Douglas and Zack Avre zero in on the “Decided Dozen”–12 states… Continue reading
Alternative Voting System Day
Bloomberg Businessweek advocates PR for the UK, and the Washington Post advocates instant runoff voting for DC.
“Recommended Reforms to California’s Top Two”
“How Judges Evaluated Reforms at Democracy Slam 2015”
“2014 Eagleton Poll California RCV Survey Results”
FairVote:
As part of a broader project funded by the Democracy Fund, the Eagleton Poll at Rutgers University has conducted two polls—one in 2013 and another in 2014—that explore the impact of RCV on city elections in the United… Continue reading
“Voting and Elections Summit 2015: Overview and Video Links”
Here, at FairVote.
“No more spoilers, a focus on the issues: 6 reasons it’s time for ranked choice voting in Maine”
“Winner-take-all electoral system is a loser for democracy”
“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