“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.
Category Archives: alternative voting systems
“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
“What if Alabama elected multiple congressmen per district? A radical reform proposal”
“We need a fairer system for choosing House members”
Katrina vanden Heuvel WaPo column.
“Voter Error in Top Two Primary Can Be Far Higher than in RCV Races”
“Fair Voting in California – Will Santa Barbara Join Santa Clarita?”
FairVote: “In July, the city of Santa Barbara became the most recent in a string of California cities being sued under the California Voting Rights Act for diluting the votes of their Latino population. After finding out about the… Continue reading