FairVote
FairVote is a 501(c)(3) organization that researches and advocates for 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 |
It was founded in 1992 as Citizens for Proportional Representation to support the implementation of proportional representation in American elections. Its focus expanded over time to include other election reform proposals, such as instant-runoff voting (IRV), a national popular vote for president, a right-to-vote amendment to the Constitution, and universal voter registration. It changed its name to the Center for Voting and Democracy in 1993 and to FairVote in 2004 to reflect those changing focuses.
Chairs of FairVote's board of directors have included former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, former congressman and 1980 independent presidential candidate John Anderson, and Harvard political philosopher Danielle Allen.