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  • Members: 354
  • Category: Illinois
  • Founded: Jan 19, 1999
  • Language: English
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We need representation for everybody! When only one person gets elected from a diverse district, the political minority goes without any voice. Illinois used a better electoral system for 110 years: cumulative voting rights. We elected three people from a district, not just one, so the majority party elected two people and the minority elected one. That way everyone was represented, Chicago Republicans, DuPage County Democrats and everyone else in between. For the people interested in the drive to revive cumulative voting for the Illinois House, we'll discuss strategy, organize events and figure out how to bring back two-party representation for every voter. This list will be moderated, and should be a convenient way to stay in touch with the drive to revive, as well as an easy way to talk about ways to make this happen. The state legislation to put this on the November 2004 ballot is HJRCA 22. We also work on cumulative voting rights in local elections and successfully helped enact new law that allows county boards in Illinois to give cumulative voting rights if they use multi-member districs (like DuPage, McHenry and Will counties currently use).

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New bill filed -- cumulative voting rights for county board election
There is a new bill filed in the Illinois House of Representatives that would provide citizens cumulative voting rights in county board elections -- and the
Posted - Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:37 am
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Happy 140th anniversary of Illinois' birth of cumulative voting righ
140 years ago today, Illinois voters approved an amendment to the state constitution establishing minority representation. The electorate embraced a proposal
Posted - Fri Jul 2, 2010 10:35 pm
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Cumulative voting rights in New York City suburban election this wee
This AP article in the New York Times explains how Port Chester, a suburb of New York City, followed the lead of Peoria, Illinois and provided cumulative
Posted - Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:01 am
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Opportunity: Vote yes on the constitutional convention question this
Our on-going (if rather idle) campaign to improve the Illinois House of Representatives by reinstating bipartisan representation in each district has an
Posted - Mon Sep 1, 2008 5:08 pm
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
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What happened to this group? There hasn't been activity since April.
Posted - Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:35 pm
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