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History of Congressional District Method for Presidential Elections Fraught with Partisan Intrigue

Posted Sunday September 9, 2007, 12:51 pm, Over one day old
This is why Thomas Jefferson wanted Virginia to shift from the congressional district to the unit rule system, which it did in the 1800 elections. Michigan 1890 - Michigan had always used the unit rule since its first presidential election in 1848.

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Fix The Primaries in Miami Herald?s Opinion Pages

Posted Sunday September 9, 2007, 12:51 pm, Over one day old


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Fuzzy Math

Posted Sunday September 9, 2007, 12:51 pm, Over one day old
Under the congressional district or system of allocating electoral votes, each U.S. House district in a state would elect one presidential elector, while the statewide winner would take the two Senate seats. Even looking at the map more generously, only 55 districts were won by 4% or less.

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IRV and Indian Presidential Elections

Posted Thursday July 26, 2007, 1:25 pm, Over one day old
In this scenario, the presidency has acquired a politically crucial dimension, for the president has the prerogative of inviting the party or coalition of parties with the largest number of MPs to form the government after an election.

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The Shrinking Battleground: It?s Smaller Than You Think

Posted Thursday July 26, 2007, 1:25 pm, Over one day old
Stateline.org columnist Lou Jacobson posted this article outlining his speculations for Election 2008 based on state partisanship trends. Jacobson splits his battleground states into five categories: likely to vote democrat/republican, leaning towards democrat/republican, or tossup.

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No New Vote System Until 2012

Posted Thursday July 26, 2007, 1:25 pm, Over one day old
They worry that moving to the optical scan system will diminish their independence and inhibit their right to vote in private. The solution is to create a voting system with a voter-verified paper trail like the optical scan that also includes the accessibility element of the touch-screen machines.

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The People?s House? Not When the Bums Aren?t Afraid of Being Thrown Out

Posted Thursday July 26, 2007, 1:25 pm, Over one day old
In fact, rather than being the most accountable body, the House has changed hands only twice since 1954, in 1994 and 2006. More than three out of every five races were won with a margin of victory of at least 20 points? far more than any share of swing voters could overcome.

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Chicken Little Thinking: How Much Farther Can The Sky Fall?

Posted Thursday July 26, 2007, 1:25 pm, Over one day old
What if every state had a marginally close election, such that, despite a clear winner of the national popular vote by several million votes, every state had to do a recount to award its electoral votes to one candidate or another?

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San Jose Mercury News carries FixThePrimaries op-ed

Posted Thursday July 26, 2007, 1:25 pm, Over one day old


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The Sunshine State Outshines

Posted Thursday July 26, 2007, 1:25 pm, Over one day old
Shapiro explains that Florida’s early primary is inarguably a violation of DNC rules, thus it should automatically force sanctions upon the state’s delegation at the National Convention.

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