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Aaron Hamlin articles

aaron hamlinAaron Hamlin is the executive director and co-founder of the Center for Election Science. Working from Ohio, he's been consulted on voting procedures for small to large organizations and publicly elected officials in several states. He's been published in numerous outlets and has been invited as an expert speaker at conferences across the country. Aaron is also a licensed attorney with additional graduate degrees from Indiana University and Miami University.

Approval Voting Push Coming To An American Town Near You

by Aaron Hamlin - June 4, 2019

Approval Voting Push

We couldn’t do this without your support. On that note, we’ll be visiting several cities across the US in the coming months, and we want to meet with you while we’re there!

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Charity, Election Methods

Joining St. Louis Approves to Advance Approval Voting Campaign

by Aaron Hamlin - May 28, 2019

St. Louis Approves Approval Voting Campaign

After a landslide victory bringing approval voting to its first U.S. city in 2018, The Center for Election Science has joined to advance an initiative to bring approval voting to voters in St. Louis.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Election Methods

The Limits of Ranked Choice Voting

by Aaron Hamlin - February 8, 2019

Limits of Ranked Choice Voting

It’s important to not oversell the benefits of Ranked Choice Voting, which many outlets are doing. Overselling RCV can create unrealistic expectations and sour voters to other alternative voting methods.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods

Recruiting Board Members at The Center for Election Science

by Aaron Hamlin - January 21, 2019

Recruiting Board Members at The Center for Election Science

We had a big year with our successful campaign that make Fargo the first city to implement approval voting. We want to bring approval voting to even more cities and we need a strong board to be able to do it!

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Charity, Election Methods

New Year’s Resolutions at the Center for Election Science

by Aaron Hamlin - January 2, 2019

New Year's Resolutions of the Center for Election Science

This year was a banner year. We hired new staff, spoke on the world stage, and led a successful campaign that made Fargo, North Dakota the first city in the US to implement approval voting.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Charity, Election Methods

Fargo, ND Becomes First US City to Adopt Approval Voting

by Aaron Hamlin - November 8, 2018

First US City to Adopt Approval Voting

Voters overwhelmingly made their city the first in the US to adopt approval voting, an alternative voting method in which voters can vote for as many candidates as they approve of.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Direct Democracy and Referendums, Election Methods

Poll Shows Fargo Residents Support Approval Voting 2:1

by Aaron Hamlin - October 19, 2018

Fargo Residents Support Approval Voting

We’re all curious how approval voting stands in Fargo for the upcoming ballot measure. So over the last week, the Center for Election Science contracted a poll with Prime46, a local polling agency in North Dakota.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Election Methods

What Makes a Voting Method Good?

by Aaron Hamlin - October 3, 2018

Voting Method Good

The idea here is that if we want a legislative part of our government to cover broad ideas, then we need to have a voting method that elects a diverse enough body that can actually generate those broad ideas.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods, Independent Politicians, Proportional Representation, Third Party, Voting Technology

It’s Official – Approval Voting Will Be On the Ballot in Fargo!

by Aaron Hamlin - September 10, 2018

Ballot in Fargo

Fargo be the first US city to use approval voting and let voters choose all the candidates they want on their ballot. A local grassroots organization, Reform Fargo, has received official approval after submitting signatures.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Election Methods

80,000 Hours Podcast: Join the Voting Method Revolution

by Aaron Hamlin - June 5, 2018

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Robert Wiblin of 80,000 Hours to talk about The Center for Election Science and voting methods. Like many 80,000 Hours interviews—which is a great podcast to listen to in general—this interview was long and detailed.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Democracy Charity, Democracy Protests, Election Methods, Voter Access, Voter Turnout

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By Jamie Lampidis May 15, 2022

The stakes are too high to cave into Putin’s phantasmatic imperial play, and too high to believe that this war can be won by arming Ukrainians.

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