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electoral reform

Ranked Choice Voting is a Growing Success Story that Provides Voters with a Greater Voice

With RCV, more voters have a voice in who wins, and winning candidates have a broader base of support when they begin serving and governing.
Ranked Choice Voting Complicates the Voting Process and Distorts the Final Vote

by NICK MURRAY Proponents claim that RCV guarantees the winner has majority support, but data shows that this often happens because it distorts the final vote.
The Path Toward Commonsense Election Reform

Elections will never be viewed as fair if the winning side is victorious because they were better positioned to write the rules to their advantage.
California Dreamin’

After a bipartisan gerrymander designed to protect incumbents was approved in 2001, voters passed a redistricting reform plan to shake things up. Will it work in 2011?