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Critics like David Segal , who today has a NYT op-ed on the subject, have been making the case that elections, not appointments, are the way to fill US Senate vacancies. As it happens, US Senator Russ Feingold plans to file a Constitutional amendment...
A few odds and ends . . . -- Ed Fitzpatrick and yours truly write about the push in RI for the National Popular Vote. During the Monday evening fundraiser, New Yorker writer Hendrik Hertzberg, a one-time speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, described the Electoral...
Speaking at the Hi-Hat during FairVote RI's Ballot Bash last night, Hendrik Hertzberg talked up the national popular vote concept as a way of enhancing democracy. As he noted, the 50 US states are divided into battlegrounds and spectators because...
Matt Sledge recently posted about this event elsewhere in blogland: There will be plenty more information to come in the coming weeks, but I wanted to give everyone on RI Future the first look at a big event FairVote Rhode Island has planned: New Yorker...
A reminder on the related stuff on Election night . . . -- RI Democrats will be at the Providence Biltmore ballroom. -- RI Republicans will be at Ruth's Chris in the GTECH building, free admission (and valet parking!), starting at 7 pm. -- The Providence...
A rundown on the related stuff on Election night . . . -- RI Democrats will be at the Providence Biltmore ballroom. -- RI Republicans will be at Ruth's Chris in the GTECH building, free admission (and valet parking!), starting at 7 pm. -- The Providence...
Back during the Providence mayoral primary in 2002 , I spent part of Election Day with the two leading contestants, Joseph R. Paolino Jr. and David N. Cicilline. Cicilline, prior to winning, was plainly concerned about the possibility of irregularities...
Secretary of State Ralph Mollis says he supports Clean Elections' legislation as a way of making elections in Rhode Island more competititve, and he thinks campaign-finance reform could become law once the state moves past its ongoing budget woes...
Steve Peoples has the details: Ari Savitzky, the young director of the advocacy organization FairVote RI , is going to law school. The 24-year-old had been on the job for a year. New FairVote director Matt Sledge, who could be seen at Savitzky's side...
From Chris Barnett in the Secretary of State's office: PROVIDENCE, R.I. (July 11, 2008) - Today at 4 p.m. is the deadline for candidates to submit the signatures of enough eligible Rhode Island voters to get on the ballot this year, according to Secretary...
Ari Savitzky , major domo of Fair Vote RI , will be offering a talk tomorrow, entitled "Electoral College Dropout." Wednesday, June 25th 7pm @Blue State Coffee A growing movement is calling for the National Popular Vote compact, a plan to directly...
It's shaping up as a historic election season, and Secretary of State Ralph Mollis wants to you know the following: Voters who are affiliated with the Democratic or Republican Party have until June 11 to disaffiliate if they plan on voting in a different...
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