Author: Americans for Democratic ActionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Making Votes Count
Author: Gary W. CoxPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521585279
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Popular elections are at the heart of representative democracy. Thus, understanding the laws and practices that govern such elections is essential to understanding modern democracy. In this book, Cox views electoral laws as posing a variety of coordination problems that political forces must solve. Coordination problems - and with them the necessity of negotiating withdrawals, strategic voting, and other species of strategic coordination - arise in all electoral systems. This book employs a unified game-theoretic model to study strategic coordination worldwide and that relies primarily on constituency-level rather than national aggregate data in testing theoretical propositions about the effects of electoral laws. This book also considers not just what happens when political forces succeed in solving the coordination problems inherent in the electoral system they face but also what happens when they fail.
Making Every Vote Count
Author: British Columbia. Citizens' Assembly on Electoral ReformPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Election law
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Making Every Vote Count
Author: Henry MilnerPublisher: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count brings together the best analyses from the best qualified observers on developments in the growing movement to reform Canada's electoral system. Among mature democracies, only the United States and Canada use the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system for electing all state and provincial, as well as national, law makers. In Canada the debate over the electoral system, which began in earnest after the 1997 federal election, is now moving from the university and think-tank seminar room to the floor of five provincial legislatures. Four key chapters present up-to-date accounts of developments in BC, Quebec, PEI, and Ontario. They show the provinces moving at different speeds toward meeting an objective to propose a specific model of proportional representation that also ensures a continued role for directly elected representatives of specific geographic boundaries. Two chapters recount experiences in New Zealand and Scotland, which adopted electoral plans attempting just such a balance. Others look at South Africa, Japan, Frances, and the United States - each selected for the light its casts on a specific aspect of electoral system reform. The remaining chapters consider various practical implications of changing Canada's electoral system - now a very real prospect.
Making Every Vote Count
Author: Lani GuinierMaking Every Vote Count
Author: Citizens' Assembly on Electoral ReformPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Making Every Vote Count
Author: Andrew RachlinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780977853168
Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This engaging text examines the state- and local-level impact of three key pieces of federal election administration: the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the Help America Vote Act. Contributors include Edward Foley of Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University and Richard Pildes of New York University School of Law, as well as DeForest Soaries, the first chairman of the new Election Assistance Commission.
Making Every Vote Count
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Special Task Force on Voter ParticipationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Voting Counts
Author: Law Commission of CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Through the electoral process, citizens grant authority to their governments and to the laws governments enact. In recent years more and more Canadians have expressed their desire for improvements to our system of democratic governance, and to the mechanisms through which they can participate in government decision-making processes...This report aims to clarify the debates surrounding electoral reform: it reviews the arguments advanced to justify change, evaluates their relevance and cogency, and proposes a new model." -- p. vii.
Making All Votes Count!
Author: Jerry SpriggsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781520475769
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
"Making All Votes Count!" presents a proportional presidential voting approach called, "Equal Voice Voting." It examines the 15 presidential elections from 1960-2016, comparing election results with what could have happened in those elections if Equal Voice Voting were used instead on a state-by-state basis. Equal Voice Voting closely mirrors the popular vote results while maintaining the voting voice of each state. It preserves the Electoral College and retains the Founding Fathers' intent without requiring a constitutional amendment. The results from the 2016 presidential election are compared with what could have happened if Equal Voice Voting had been used instead, on a state-by-state basis as well as across the nation. Attention is given to alternate voting approaches, such as: the popular vote, the national popular vote and congressional district voting. Attention is also given to gerrymandering showing how it is often used to manipulate voting outcomes. "Making All Votes Count!" can be used as an educational tool, as a ready reference for past presidential elections and as a tool to encourage future legislation. More than a fact-based resource, "Making All Votes Count" urges readers and legislators alike to remedy a systemic problem of our current all-or-nothing (some call it winner-takes-all) voting approach that causes many votes (and voters) to not matter in the final presidential election results. "Making All Votes Count!" points out that Equal Voice Voting can be instituted on a state-by-state basis without enacting a constitutional amendment or relying on an interstate compact. Equal Voice Voting can become a reality through the efforts of legislators interested in having all of their constituents matter rather than a selected percentage of voters.
Every Vote Matters
Author: Thomas A. JacobsPublisher: Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN: 163198070X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Encourage teens to recognize the importance of voting and making their voices heard in the democratic process with this timely book focused on Supreme Court decisions that came down to a single vote. Chapters examine key Supreme Court rulings and explore how these cases have affected the lives and rights of U.S. citizens—especially teens. Using a straightforward, impartial tone, the authors take a close look at often controversial cases and at the history of voting in the United States. The emphasis is involvement in local and national elections as well as other ways to be an engaged citizen. With an accompanying digital discussion guide, the book is a perfect choice for teachers and youth leaders to offer teens in the upcoming 2016 presidential election cycle.