This post by ERN Fellow Al Vanderklipp originally appeared on The Fulcrum. Only hours after the riot of Jan. 6, 2021, with the calls to “stop the steal” still reverberating under the Capitol Rotunda, 139 Republican members of the House of Representatives voted to oppose the valid electoral votes sent from Arizona and Pennsylvania, in…
Originally published in INSIDER | December 17, 2021 By Grace Panetta Julie Anderson, who is vying for the role of Washington State’s secretary of state, says she likes “a challenge.” But even in a state that’s elected independent-minded secretaries of state in the past, Anderson said, trying to get elected as a nonpartisan candidate within…
This post by Kevin Johnson and Al Vanderklipp originally appeared on The Fulcrum. Johnson and Vanderklipp are, respectively, the executive director and research fellow for the Election Reformers Network and the co-authors of “Nonpartisanship Works: How Lessons from Canada Can Reestablish Trust in U.S. Election Administration.” Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has repeated the call for his state’s legislature to seize…
See below for links to spreadsheets and documents containing all data used in Nonpartisanship Works: How Lessons from Canada Can Re-Establish Trust in U.S. Election Administration. Provincial and Territorial Statutes Chief Electoral Officer Duties and Powers Chief Electoral Officer Impartiality, Bars on Political Activity and Voting Chief Electoral Officer Appointment, Removal Chief Electoral Officer Term…
This post originally appeared on the Rank the Vote Blog. In November of 2019, after a hard-fought campaign, New York City voters overwhelmingly approved a ranked choice voting ballot question. With a ballot that allows support for multiple candidates in order of preference, RCV gives the electorate more impact on race outcomes and a greater…
