Center for Election Science


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The Center for Election Science (CES or C4ES ) is an American 501(c)(3) electoral reform advocacy organization. It mainly advocates for approval voting, and doesn't appear to be on track to hit its goal is to implement approval voting in at least 5 cities with 50,000 people by 2022. However, it was instrumental in getting Fargo, North Dakota and St. Louis, Missouri to implement approval voting, and is funding chapters all over the United States of America.

Affiliations
The Center for Election Science has affiliations with organizations all over the United States. More about these organizations can be found on the official website.

Eastern

 * see also: Eastern United States, Advocacy/United States/Eastern


 * Mid-Atlantic
 * Approval Voting Mid-Atlantic
 * New York / Connecticut / New Jersey
 * Approval Voting NY + CT + NJ
 * Massachusetts:
 * MassApproves
 * Pennsylvania:
 * Philadelphia Approves

Central

 * see also: Central United States, Advocacy/United States/Central


 * Missouri:
 * STL Approves
 * North Dakota:
 * Reform Fargo
 * Texas:
 * Approval Voting Texas

Mountain

 * see also: Mountain United States, Advocacy/United States/Mountain


 * Colorado:
 * Approval Voting Colorado
 * Utah:
 * Utah Approves

Pacific

 * see also: Pacific United States, Advocacy/United States/Pacific


 * Washington:
 * Seattle Approves
 * California:
 * California Approves

Wikipedia
There's an article on Wikipedia about this organization. See The Center for Election Science.

News
The news from the Center for Election Science can be found here: It can't be found on blog.electionscience.org or news.electionscience.org.
 * https://electionscience.org/about/media-mentions/

Unrig 2019
Below is Aaron Hamlin's speech about C4ES, that he gave at the "Unrig Summit" on June 19, 2019 on behalf of The Center for Election Science. The summary of the video:"How did Fargo, ND (yes—the Fargo that featured Steve Buscemi in a woodchipper) lead the charge for a more representative democracy? Aaron Hamlin of The Center for Election Science tells the inspiring story of how one citizen's passion and grassroots activism sparked a successful movement to make Fargo the first city in the US to implement approval voting."The video can be found on YouTube, licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)". An outline follows:


 * 0th minute (00:00 - 00:59) - background on Fargo, North Dakota.
 * 1st minute (1:00 - 2:00) - discussion about the leader of the Fargo campaign (Jed Lemke)
 * 2nd minute (02:00 - 03:00) - description of approval voting, and the political challenges of implementing it in Fargo
 * 3rd Minute (03:00 - 04:00) - gathering signatures for a ballot measure
 * 4th Minute (04:00 - 05:13) - building support and winning the election (with 63.5% of the vote)