FairVote, working with the Washington College of Law, has taken the lead in organizing this innovative gathering. The event, on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015, at the American University Washington College of Law American, 4801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, is a day-long conference that will explore 17 bold ideas for breaking partisan gridlock, ending gerrymandering, and improving America's elections and politics. The conference will feature leading electoral reform thinkers and policy makers. Participants include two Members of Congress and a remarkable array of talent and fast-paced sessions. They expect to have a big media star moderate the final Slam.
The conference will present attendees with plenty of opportunities to engage with the reforms via a live polling system that will be used throughout the day. Since the conference is being broadcast via webcast, both in-person and online attendees will have an opportunity to weigh in on each of the 17 electoral reforms that are discussed, with real-time results for each poll. You'll also be able to access papers written for the conference online starting on April 15th.
Rob Richie in New York Times and Baltimore Sun and on CSPAN:
In response to a David Brooks column titled, "The Field is Flat," our executive director Rob Richie had a New York Times letter on April 3rd on how the 2016 electoral landscape will be anything but flat without statutory changes to adopt the National Popular Vote plan for president and fair representation voting in multi-winner congressional districts. Rob also joined with colleague Dania Korkor in a Baltimore Sun oped on March 29th making the case to ensure voters always choose their U.S. Senators. On Tuesday night, April 7th at 10:40 pm ET, CSPAN will air a forum from last month's National Conference of Independents where Rob as a panelist makes the case for Ranked-Choice voting (RCV) and fair representation.
I am a supporter of Ranked-Choice voting.
FairVote board chair Krist Novoselic makes news:
FairVote's board chair Krist Novoselic was featured in an excellent Oregonian profile after he and Rob Richie spoke last month at Reed College in Portland. Krist has also gotten involved in a major voting rights case in Yakima (WA), where city leaders have embraced a remedy that includes a fair representation voting system; see a Seattle Times oped by the Yakima mayor.
2015 is another important year for Ranked-Choice voting. More legislation than ever before has been introduced in state legislatures around the nation. Check out your state to see if they are using or look at RCV legislation. There will be new RCV elections in cities in California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, and Minnesota, and an exciting effort to allow Mainers to vote to adopt RCV for all state and congressional elections.
The Democratic National Committee's Executive Committee unanimously passed a resolution in support of a Constitutional Right to Vote Amendment. The resolution was proposed by DNC Vice Chair of Voter Expansion and Protection, Donna Brazile, and marks a major step forward for advocates like FairVote who have been fighting for a constitutional right to vote for some time.
CLICK HERE to register and view the agenda.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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