Imagine each voting method as a job candidate. You want to hire the best one. RCV is roughly your C-hire, a mixed record that carries some baggage. Plurality voting is a solid F-hire with a long list of terrible references.
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Fossil Fuel Industry Lobbying for Florida Solar Amendment
Florida seeing massive fossil fuel industry lobbying spending that seeks to prevent solar from gaining steam
Outdated Voter Databases Are Not Proof of Cheating
Large numbers of people over the age of 110 is proof of problems with voter databases but nothing nefarious afoot
Unprecedented Early, Absentee and Mail Voting Usage
Reviewing the history of early, absentee and mail voting usage and still changing landscape
Are Obama’s Redistricting Plans Altruistic or Partisan?
More information is being given by White House on Obama’s redistricting focus in state legislatures
It’s Time to End the Selfie Voting Booth Ban
Although seemingly an innocuous practice, a very interesting and modern discussion on election law has been ignited that touches on issues of new technologies, privacy, voter intimidation, free speech and more
Are Unified Election Standards the Key to Vote Security?
Some propose using national election standards to defend vote but others see need for opposite solution
North Carolina Voting Wars Impact Voter Turnout
From voter ID to voter registration, most of the nation’s election controversies seen in North Carolina voting wars
Printing Democracy: The Art of Ballot Design
A good ballot design can be the difference between a weak democracy and a thriving one
North Dakota and California See Heavy Tobacco Tax Lobbying
State tobacco tax lobbying is reaching a fevered pitch as the November vote approaches