Rob Richie

Rob Richie appears in the following:

Counts and Recounts: Contested Races and How We Decide Them

Monday, November 12, 2018

An update on the tightest midterm races that still don't have an official winner, and a look at the rules that govern our process of counting and recounting votes in the U.S.

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An Instant Runoff Revision in NYC

Monday, July 30, 2018

Checking in on the push to institute ranked choice voting in NYC.

Reimagining the Red/Blue Map

Friday, November 11, 2016

How a plan to change the electoral college could make elections more democratic, and election coverage more representative of America. 

Throwing a Wrench into the Michigan Primary Machine

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

In recent years cross-voting, the practice of supporting or voting for an opposing party's second-best interest, has become increasingly popular. For example, in 2008 Rush Limbaugh hoped to dilute some of Barack Obama's momentum by founding "Operation Chaos" which encouraged conservatives to vote for Hillary Clinton. And now with Michigan's open primary, the Daily Kos is calling for Michigan Democrats to vote for Rick Santorum in order to make things difficult for Mitt Romney.

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Instant Runoff Voting in Today's San Francisco Election

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote, discusses today's San Francisco election, which uses IRV (Instant Runoff Voting), also known as "ranked choice."

Watch a video below of our friends at MPR explaining Instant Runoff Voting (which is used in Minneapolis)

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