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FairVote - Center for Voting and Democracy is a non-profit organization based in Takoma Park, Maryland that provides information to the public about the impact of voting systems on political representation, proportional representation, and voter turnout. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland. The population was 17299 at the 2000 census A voting system allows voters to choose between options often in an Election where candidates are selected for public office. Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation or PR is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. It was founded in 1992 by scholars, civic leaders, and former elected officials such as John Anderson, the former Illinois member of Congress who ran for President in 1980. John Bayard Anderson (born February 15 1922 is an attorney and former United States Congressman and Presidential candidate The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent Ronald Reagan Since FairVote's founding, Rob Richie has served as its executive director and lead organizer. Robert Richie (born 1962 is the executive director of the FairVote, a non-profit organization that researches and advocates Election reforms that increase voter turnout

FairVote advocates for greater use of Instant-runoff voting in single-winner elections and Single Transferable Vote systems and other forms of proportional representation in multiple-winner elections. Instant-runoff voting ( IRV) is a Voting system used for single-winner elections in which voters have one vote and rank Candidates in order of Single transferable vote (STV is a preferential Voting system designed to minimize Wasted votes and provide Proportional representation It also issues reports on legislative redistricting and competition in U. Redistricting, a form of redistribution, is the process of changing of political Borders in the United States S. Congressional elections.

In 2003, FairVote launched the Democracy USA initiative, which seeks to initiate greater cooperation and coordination among pro-democracy organizations. Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system

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Rob Richie is executive director of FairVote. About Advancement Project Advancement Project a policy communications and legal action group committed to racial justice was founded by a team of veteran civil rights lawyers in Bill Redpath is the chairman of the United States Libertarian Party, first elected by delegates to the 2006 Libertarian National Convention in Portland Hendrik Hertzberg (born 1943 is an American journalist best known as the principal political commentator for The New Yorker magazine Krist Anthony Novoselic II (born May 16, 1965) is an American rock musician best known as the Bassist for Nirvana. Robert Richie (born 1962 is the executive director of the FairVote, a non-profit organization that researches and advocates Election reforms that increase voter turnout David Moon is program director. Amy Ngai is director of FairVote's Program for Representative Government. Adam Fogel is the Right to Vote Director. Ross Margulies is the Development Director. There are regional staff members in North Carolina and Rhode Island, and democracy fellows such as Tara Young.

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