About The Center for Voting and Democracy
Foreword
Matthew Cossolotto
Introduction
Rob Richie
Why I Like PR
CV& D Members
Chapter 1: Making the Case for PR in the United States
How PR Would Open Up Politics
John B. Anderson
American Political Crisis Could Lead to PR
Kevin Phillips
Shaking Up Congress in Texas
Jim Cullen
An Argument for PR from the Left
Steven Hill
An Argument for PR from the Right
Robert Barta
How to Implement PR in the U.S.
Rob Richie
Public Discourse and Electoral Representation
James W. Skillen
Spotlight 1. Testimony for Proportional Representation
PR vs. Single-Member Districts in States
Arend Lijphart
Letting the Voters Decide
Howard Fain
City Council Elections in Oxford, Ohio
Phillip Macklin
Chapter 2: American Voting System History
A 19th Century Champion of Democracy
Sen. Charles Buckalew
Early American Adoptions of PR
Kathleen L. Barber
History of Single Member Districts for Congress
Tory Mast
Theodore Berry and Proportional Representation
Bill Collins
Chapter 3: 1994 United States Elections
1994 Congressional Elections: An Analysis
Curtis Gans
Dubious Democracy and the 1994 Elections
Center for Voting and Democracy
The Mapmakers and Competitiveness
Sheryl Seckel
A Review of 1994 State Initiatives
Margaret Engle
Chapter 4: Proportional Representation in Local Elections
Cumulative Voting at Work in Texas
Robert Brischetto
Modified At-Large Voting to Elect Texas Judges
Thomas R. Phillips
Cumulative Voting in an Alabama County
Jason Kirksey, Richard Engstrom and Edward Still
Electoral Systems Matter
Richard J Timpone
Preference Voting vs. Cumulative Voting
Rob Richie
Accountability and Preference Voting in Eugene
Kevin Hornbuckle
San Francisco May Vote on PR
Rob Richie
Spotlight 2. Cambridge and Proportional Representation
Preference Voting and Voter Turnout
George Pillsbury
The 1994 Rent Control Initiative
Howard Fain
Computerizing a Cambridge Tradition
Rob Richie and Howard Fain
Cambridge Examines Computerization
George Goverman
Chapter 5: PR and the Voting Rights Act
District Shapes and Interest Representation
Douglas J Amy
Cumulative Voting and the Voting Rights Act
Edward Still and Pamela Karlan
Proportional Representation is Fair for Everyone
Lani Guinier
Cumulative Voting Imposed in Maryland County
Deborah Jeon
When the U.S. Government Endorses PR
Steven J. Mulroy
Has the Supreme Court Destabilized Districts?
Samuel lssacharoff
The Supreme Court and Racial Politics
Forum Excerpts
Supreme Court Rules on Race-Conscious Districting
Todd Cox
Justice Thomas on Proportional Voting Systems
Clarence Thomas
Sample Multi-Member District Congressional Maps
Center for Voting & Democracy
Spotlight 3. Excerpts from the Center's Slide Show
Chapter 6: United States Political Reform
No More Plurality Presidents
John B. Anderson
Motor Voter in the States
Rebekah Evenson
Voting and Democracy Index: 1995
Center for Voting & Democracy
Questions and Answers about Motor Voter
Bernard Grofman
Opportunities with New Methods of Voting
Bur~ck Smith
Losing Our Vote in the Wealth Primary
John Bonifaz
State Regulation of Campaign Finance
Joseph Zimmerman
Term Limits Wouldn't Be So Awful
Hendrik Hertzberg
Challenging Partisan Gerrymandering
David L. Horn
Women Candidates Win ... When They Run
Jody Newman
Ballot Access Developments in 1994
Richard Winger
The Right to Vote for None of the Above
John J Pitney
State Fusion Litigation
Donna Edwards
The Case Against the Senate Filibuster
Elliot L. Richardson
Radical Reform in Running Congress
Steven J Brams
CityVote: An Historic Urban Presidential Primary
CityVote
Politics and the Information Superhighway
Center for Governmental Studies
Spotlight 4: South Africa's 1994 Elections
The South African Electoral System
Arend Lijphart
Testing Voting Systems in South Africa
Andrew Reynolds
Chapter 7: Elections and Reform Around the World
Prospects for Electoral Reform in Canada
Henry Milner
El Salvador: Elections of the Century
Jack Spence, David Dye and George Vickers
1994 Elections in Mexico
Andrew Reding
1994 Elections in Brazil
Ray Kennedy
New Zealanders Adapt to MMP
Helena Catt
New Zealand's Method for Representing Minorities
Jack H. Nagel
Gender Quotas and PR in Argentina
Mark P. Jones
The Preference Vote and Election of Women
Wilma Rule and Matthew Shugart
Electoral Reform in Japan?
Thomas Lundberg
Changing Israel's Electoral System
Reuven Y Hazen
1994 Elections in Italy
Richard Katz
1994 Elections in Sweden and Germany
Matthew Cossolotto
1994 British Elections to European Parliament
Paul Wilder
1994 European Parliament Elections
Richard Corbett
Electoral Reform in the United Kingdom
Mary Georghiou
The 1994 Hungarian General Election
Martyn Rady
Political Transition in Hungary and Poland
Thomas Lundberg
In Memory of Enid Lakeman
Joseph Zimmerman
Electoral Systems Survey
Karen Taggart