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'''FairVote''' (formerly the '''Center for Voting and Democracy''') is a 501(c)(3) organization that advocates electoral reform in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Who We Are|url=http://www.fairvote.org/who-we-are/who-we-are-2/|publisher=FairVote|accessdate=3 April 2014}}</ref>
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== Leadership ==
[[Rob Richie]] has been the President and CEO of FairVote since its formation in 1992. Former congressman and U.S. presidential candidate [[W:John B. Anderson|John Anderson]] was the chair for the board of directors for many years. The current chair of FairVote's board of directors is
== Renaming "preferential voting" ==
:<span id="IRV">''see also: [[IRV#Naming]]''</span>
Prior to FairVote's work, the single-winner version of [[single transferable vote]] was primarily used outside of the United States (e.g. in Australia), and was known in Australia as "preferential voting".
In commentary published in the New York Times in 1992, John Anderson referred to the single-winner system as "majority preference voting".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Anderson|first=John B.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/24/opinion/break-the-political-stranglehold.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Break the Political Stranglehold|date=1992-07-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-30|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In 1993, FairVote's first annual report referred to the system as "preference voting"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990507180316/http://www.fairvote.org/cvd_reports/1993/introduction.html▼
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▲In 1993, FairVote's first annual report referred to the system as "preference voting",<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990507180316/http://www.fairvote.org/cvd_reports/1993/introduction.html
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''A Note on Terminology: Reflecting the range of contributors, this report has some inconsistencies in terminology to describe different voting systems. In addition, what many call the "single transferable vote" here is termed "preference voting" in order to focus on the voting process rather than the ballot count.''
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In 1997, FairVote began referring to preferential voting as "Instant Runoff voting".<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/1997/0721/072197.opin.opin.1.html "Fuller, Fairer Elections? How?"]. ''Christian Science Monitor''. 1997-07-21. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number ISSN] [https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0882-7729 0882-7729]<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-12-14</span></span>.</ref><ref>From [https://web.archive.org/web/19990427031915/http://www.fairvote.org/email_archives/070298.htm the 1998 newsletter]: "Note that the transferable ballot can be used as a proportional representation system in multi-seat districts (what we call "choice voting") and in one-winner elections (what we call "instant runoff voting")."</ref>
== Chapters ==
=== FairVote CA ===
''FairVote CA'' is the [[California]] chapter of FairVote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fairvoteca.org/|title=FairVote California|website=FairVote California|access-date=2021-03-19}}</ref>
=== FairVote WA ===
''FairVote WA'' is the [[Washington state]] chapter of FairVote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fairvotewa.org/|title=FairVote Washington|last=|first=|date=|website=|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-03-19}}</ref> It was formerly known as the "Washington Citizens for Proportional Representation".<ref>https://wacpr.wordpress.com/</ref>
== Links ==
* [http://www.fairvote.org/ Center for Voting and Democracy]
* [http://www.democracyusa.org/ Democracy USA]
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