Advocacy/United States

parent: Advocacy/North America

category: Category:Advocacy

Below is a list of advocacy/activism organizations in the United States. For international organizations (in Canada, Mexico, and places other than North America), see Advocacy.

National

There are many organizations advocating for electoral reform in the United States. Among those:

• Center for Election Science, The (electionmethods.org)- promotes Approval voting
• Equal Vote Coalition (equal.vote) - promotes STAR voting
• FairVote (fairvote.org) - promotes IRV, renamed to RCV between 2004 and 2013
• Ranked Choice Voting Center (rankedchoicevoting.org) - also promotes IRV
• Open Primaries

Regional

The taxonomy below divides each of the 50 states in the United States by the timezone of the capital city:

Eastern

• Advocacy/United States/Eastern
  • Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia

Central

• Advocacy/United States/Central
  • Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin

Mountain

see also: Mountain United States

• Arizona
  • Arizona#Advocacy
• Colorado
  • Colorado#Advocacy
• Idaho
• Montana
• New Mexico
• Utah
  • Utah#Advocacy
• Wyoming

Pacific

• Advocacy/United States/Pacific
  • California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington state

Other

• States
  • Alaska
  • Hawaii
• Regions and territories
  • District of Columbia
  • Guam
  • Puerto Rico
    

History and current environment

FairVote has been advocating IRV and STV since 1992, and is currently the largest voting reform organization in the US. The Center for Election Science (CES) implemented its first Approval voting ballot measure in 2018. The Equal Vote Coalition narrowly lost a ballot measure for STAR voting in 2018, and is trying again in 2020.