Category Archives: alternative voting systems
New York City Voters to Consider Proposal to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting for City Elections
See here, beginning at page 21.
Pleasant Grove, Alabama Voting Rights Lawsuit Settles with Cumulative Voting Remedy
AL.com:
A proposed settlement has been reached in the voting rights lawsuit filed against the city of Pleasant Grove alleging the rights of black candidates and voters had been violated by the city’s use of at-large voting.Court documents filed… Continue reading
Kansas: “Democrats plan to try ranked-choice voting in 2020 primary to select Trump’s opponent”
DOJ Settles Voting Rights Act Lawsuit with Michigan City Using Ranked Choice Voting
Release:
The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into an agreement to settle a voting rights lawsuit with the City of Eastpointe, Michigan. The Department’s lawsuit challenges the method of electing the city council in Eastpointe… Continue reading
“No, Republicans, It’s Not a Plot; Despite assertions otherwise, ranked choice voting wouldn’t benefit one party over another. But it would benefit democracy.”
David Daley for Democracy.
“Ranked-Choice Voting = Super Saturday in Alaska, Hawaii”
Dave Daley and Rob Richie oped:
Step aside, Super Tuesday — and say aloha to ranked-choice voting.While contests in 11 states on March 3 will elect the most delegates in the 2020 presidential primaries, it’s April 4 — and… Continue reading
Mark Rush Reviews Mulroy’s “Rethinking U.S. Election Law: Unskewing the System”
Here, at LPBR.
Mulroy: “Adopting proportional representation would unskew US elections”
“In Chicago, History-Making Didn’t Have to Be So Hard; Ranked-choice voting in the mayoral election would have significantly smoothed the decision-making process for overwhelmed voters.”
Kim Bellware for NYT Opinion.
“A crowded 2020 presidential primary field calls for ranked choice voting”
“It’s time for Maryland and Virginia to embrace ranked-choice voting”
Mulroy: Proportional Representation Through The Single Transferable Vote
The following is the third of three guest posts by University of Memphis law professor Steve Mulroy, sounding some themes from his fascinating new book, Rethinking US Election Law: Unskewing the System:
This is the 3rd of… Continue reading
Mulroy: The Electoral College: Time To Graduate [corrected post]
[Bumping to the top because this original post was inadvertently incomplete.]
The following is the first of three guest posts by University of Memphis law professor Steve Mulroy, sounding some themes from his fascinating new book, Rethinking US … Continue reading