The Center for Election Science
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| Type | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
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| Purpose | Promoting electoral reform in the United States |
| Website | electionscience.org |
The Center for Election Science (CES) is an American 501(c)(3) electoral reform advocacy organization.[1]. It advocates for cardinal voting methods such as Approval Voting[2] and Score Voting[3]. Its goal is to implement Approval Voting in at least 5 cities with 50,000 people by 2022[4]
CES argues that Approval Voting is superior to other proposed electoral reforms, such as Ranked Choice Voting[5]; it says Approval Voting will elect more consensus winners[6], which it contends traditional runoffs and ranked methods don't allow because they eliminate candidates with broad support but low first-preference support[7]. It recently helped pass Approval Voting in the city of Fargo, North Dakota during the 2018 elections. [8] It recently received a $1.8 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project in February 2019. [9] It is currently seeking to implement Approval Voting in St. Louis, Missouri with the help of St. Louis Approves[10], and has donated $75,000 so far to that campaign.[11]
References
- ↑ https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/813dd7cc0b274bdea0ff2c9d24590f64-the-center-for-election-science-redding
- ↑ https://www.electionscience.org/library/approval-voting
- ↑ https://www.electionscience.org/library/score-voting/
- ↑ https://www.electionscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CES-2019-2021-Strategic-Plan.pdf
- ↑ https://www.electionscience.org/library/approval-voting-versus-irv/
- ↑ https://thefulcrum.us/meet-the-reformer-aaron-hamlin-the-man-behind-approval-voting
- ↑ https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/aaron-hamlin-voting-reform/
- ↑ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/11/15/18092206/midterm-elections-vote-fargo-approval-voting-ranked-choice
- ↑ https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/center-for-election-science-announces-1.8-million-for-approval-voting
- ↑ https://thefulcrum.us/approval-voting-st-louis
- ↑ https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/nonprofit-donates-to-group-trying-to-change-st-louis-voting/article_8d8b14f0-b4d1-5868-86e1-5f6b91057284.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=dlvr
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