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FairVote
U.S. electoral reform organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
FairVote is a 501(c)(3) organization and lobbying group in the United States.[3] It was founded in 1992 as Citizens for Proportional Representation to support the implementation of proportional representation in American elections. Its focus changed over time to emphasize instant-runoff voting (IRV), a national popular vote, and universal voter registration.[4][5] It changed its name to the Center for Voting and Democracy in 1993 and to FairVote in 2004.
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Formation | June 1992; 32 years ago (1992-06) (as Citizens for Proportional Representation) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
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Type | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
Purpose | Promoting electoral reform in the United States |
Headquarters | Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
Coordinates | 38.9942°N 77.0272°W / 38.9942; -77.0272 |
Founder | Robert Richie[1] |
Revenue | $4.3 million (2019)[2] |
Staff | 32[2] |
Website | fairvote |
Formerly called | The Center for Voting and Democracy, Citizens for Proportional Representation |
Since 2018, FairVote has also conducted campaigns to oppose alternative voting reforms, including approval and STAR voting.[6][7] In 2024, it launched a successful campaign to maintain first-past-the-post (FPP) voting in Eugene, with FairVote lobbyists preventing adoption of a ballot initiative to replace FPP with STAR voting.[8][9]