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How one vote could change the world
Richard Winger of Ballot Access News reported recently that a Libertarian Party candidate for partisan office in Indiana won by one vote. On January 1, 2010, an Alabama bill to open up access to the ballot for independents and third party candidates, lost in committee by one vote. Also, on September 10, 2009, the California [...]
CfER conducts IRV Straw Poll of California Republican Delegates
At the California Republican Convention on September 16-17, Californians for Electoral Reform conducted a straw poll using Instant Runoff Voting, or IRV. Using IRV, a voter ranks candidates in order of choice: first choice, second choice, and so on. After the first round, if no single candidate has a majority of “first choice” votes, the [...]
California Top Two update
On July 14, U.S. District Court Judge Otis Wright set the date of August 22 for oral argument in Chamness v Bowen, the case that challenges the part of California’s top-two system that lets some candidates use their party label on the ballot but not other candidates. According to the order, although the judge is [...]
All-out assault on democracy in California
Two new bills in the California legislature would make it harder to register voters, and harder to circulate petitions for initiative, referendum and recalls. SB205 would make it illegal to pay people to register voters on a per-registrant basis. SB168 would do the same for people who circulate petitions for recall elections, or to put [...]
Watch our CA debate live!
Watch Free & Equal’s California gubernatorial debate here on www.freeandequal.org. The questions asked of the candidates were as follows: 1) Proposition 19, to legalize, tax and regulate Cannabis, is a hot-button issue facing California voters this election for many reasons. Do you support or oppose the legalization of Marijuana and why? How do you feel [...]







