FairVote
FairVote, formerly the Center for Voting and Democracy, is a 501(c)(3) organization that advocates electoral reform in the United States.
| Formation | June 1992 (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. |
Founder | Robert Richie |
Revenue | $4.3 million (2019) |
Staff | 32 |
| Website | fairvote |
Formerly called | The Center for Voting and Democracy, Citizens for Proportional Representation |
Founded in 1992 as Citizens for Proportional Representation to support the implementation of proportional representation in American elections, the organization in 1993 became the Center for Voting and Democracy and in 2004 changed its name to FairVote to reflect its support of such proposals as instant-runoff voting (IRV), for single and multi-winner elections, a national popular vote for president, a right-to-vote amendment to the Constitution, and universal voter registration. FairVote releases regular publications on the state of the U.S. electoral system, including Dubious Democracy and Monopoly Politics.
Notable members of FairVote's board of directors have included its past chairs, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and former Congressman and 1980 independent presidential candidate John Anderson.