8 Articles

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
John Gideon, R.I.P. - and the "Gideon Initiative" for citizenship ownership of our elections
(2 comments) This tribute to John Gideon of Voters Unite suggests that it's time for the Gideon Initiative -- an effort to achieve full citizenship ownership of our elections.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Death of a swing state? Pennsylvania and Sen. Arlen Specter's party switch
Does Sen. Specter's decision mark the final nail in the coffin for a generation of Republicans in the Northeast?

Friday, February 6, 2009
Ranked Choice Voting Methods Abound in American Culture and Political Life
(10 comments) a review of how ranked voting methods like instant runoff voting and choice voting are used more often than we realize in the United Statse

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Making your city a model for voting rights and civic participation
Reviews a range of specific changes in voting policy and practice to boost participation, representation and voting rights

Friday, August 15, 2008
Clearing the Barr to a majority president with instant runoff voting
(16 comments) Plurality voting works fine when elections have only two choices. But it goes haywire when more candidates run - witness the hand-wringing over Ross Perot in 1992 and Ralph Nader in 2000. We can expect more hand-wringing this year. In a recent Rasmussen Research poll, fully 10% of likely voters said they would vote for Bob Barr or Ralph Nader if matched against Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006
A Pro-Democracy Agenda for a New Congress
With Democrats now in control of Congress for the first time in a dozen years, one way for Democrats to build faith with all Americans would be to pursue policies designed to increase fairness within Congress, as well as improve democracy in the United States.

Friday, October 27, 2006
Campaign 2006 and Bringing Instant Runoff Voting to the Tipping Point
(8 comments) It's been a big year for instant runoff voting (IRV), the powerful tool to give voters real choices in our elections without charges of "spoilers."

Friday, November 18, 2005
Redistricting Reform: How Best to Tackle Ultra-Safe Districts
(1 comments) In the wake of the twin failures of redistricting initiatives in Ohio and California, reformers must turn to the underlying problem of winner-take-all in our elections if they want to establish fairness and competition in redistricting.