https://pressroom.prlog.org/FLIEReform/ About Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform - The Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform is a non-partisan group of concerned citizens recognizing the need for electoral reforms to build representative democracy in our state and nation. https://www.prlog.org/12629292-implementing-ranked-choice-voting-in-sarasota.html With the purchase of new voting machines in 2016, the City of Sarasota can honor voters' wishes and finally implement ranked choice voting (instant runoff voting). Local reformers are holding an educational meeting on the issue on Sunday, April 9th.Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:30:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12302217-florida-students-lead-on-right-to-vote.html Student organizations in Florida have called on the Legislature to establish an explicit right to vote, a task force on voting to expand and improve voting access, and repeal 2011's House Bill 1355.Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:25:34 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11974274-retaliatory-amendment-12-is-discouraging-to-youth-and-student-civic-participation.html Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform (FLIER) believes that the retaliatory nature of Amendment 12 would provide state university students with nothing more than a chilling effect over student representation in the higher education system.Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:17:49 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11863173-broward-county-needs-proportional-representation.html Instead of debating how to best pack and crack voters, Broward County should consider a better solution. FLIER calls on Broward County to consider proportional representation in the interests of the public and a functional representative democracy.Fri, 04 May 2012 12:45:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11828592-legislative-and-congressional-districts-would-be-more-fair-with-super-districts.html Multi-member super districts, elected through proportional representation, are a better idea to resolve Florida's redistricting fight.Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11816468-florida-students-learn-about-representative-democracy-the-hard-way.html Without big bank accounts for lobbying or campaign contributions, Florida's college and university students are finding out the hard way about how little "representative democracy" they have in the state's two-party plutocracy.Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:37:07 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11786997-state-college-system-students-will-press-voting-rights-and-access-issues-in-tallahassee.html On February 2nd, the Florida College System Student Government Association, representing some 1 million of Florida's state and community college students, will gather in Tallahassee to push the Legislature on voting rights and voting access issues.Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:35:28 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11781822-florida-university-students-tackle-voting-rights-and-voting-access-issues.html The Florida Student Association, representing Florida’s 330,000 university students, calls for the repeal of HB 1355 while offering positive alternatives that protect voting rights, and improve access to voting, in the interests of all Floridians.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:38:40 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11753167-floridas-1-million-state-college-students-reject-hb-1355.html Spurred on by Palm Beach State College's Boca Raton campus Student Government Association, a statewide group representing Florida's 1 million state college students proposes the repeal of HB 1355 and improvement of access to voting.Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:25:17 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11637412-floridas-counties-and-cities-are-busy-gerrymandering.html While voters' attention is focused on the Legislature, local officials are busy gerrymandering county and city districts. FLIER urges Florida's localities, that wish to use districts, to adopt a transparent and objective redistricting process.Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:01:31 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11586621-florida-should-join-the-national-popular-vote-compact.html Despite the presidential elections of 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000, the risk of the Electoral College rejecting the popular vote is still ever present. FLIER calls on Florida to adopt SB 440, the National Popular Vote bill, to resolve this problem.Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:30:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11554263-sarasota-county-must-choose-democracy-over-incumbents.html The Sarasota County Commission chose to protect incumbents over commission districts that provided fair representation to all county residents. FLIER calls on Sarasota County to resolve these problems of an unrepresentative "democracy".Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:05:54 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11519313-flier-calls-for-reforms-to-parties-primaries-and-ballot-access.html Citing taxation without representation and the underhanded tricks seen in primaries within the two parties, the Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform (FLIER) calls for fundamental reforms to parties, primaries, and ballot access.Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:40:43 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11512460-miami-dade-county-needs-instant-runoff-voting.html The Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform (FLIER) believes that democracy, and the taxpayers of Miami-Dade County, would be well served by the adoption of instant runoff voting. FLIER calls on Miami-Dade mayoral candidates to support the reform.Fri, 27 May 2011 11:50:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11493090-democracy-not-value-of-the-florida-legislature.html The Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform (FLIER) says the recent session of the Florida Legislature clearly proves that representative democracy is not one of the Legislature's core values. As a result, Florida remains an "aspiring democracy".Wed, 18 May 2011 13:20:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11418765-flier-hb-1355-and-sb-1504-legislature-weakens-democracy-in-favor-of-plutocracy.html According to the Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform (FLIER), HB 1355 and SB 1504 seek to suppress voter participation and citizen led ballot initiatives, hampering Florida's democratic development and further entrenching plutocracy.Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:38:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11430508-the-supreme-courts-distorted-view-of-arizonas-clean-elections-matching-funds.html The Supreme Court is currently considering a challenge to the Arizona’s Clean Elections matching funds provision. Unfortunately, it appears the case may be decided without even considering the most important aspects of Clean Elections legislation.Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:39:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11402154-campaign-finance-conspiracy.html The Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform believes that a series of bills in the Florida Legislature, dealing with campaign finance, are poorly disguised attempts to make it easier to legally bribe Florida politicians for favorable legislation.Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:03:25 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11388645-sb-848-key-test-of-legislators-respect-for-voters-and-democracy.html The right to vote and access to exercising that right are fundamental to the establishment of representative democracy. Senate Bill 848, sponsored by Sen. Nan Rich, is essential to helping Florida move forward towards representative democracy.Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:30:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11373953-pro-gerrymandering-legislators-seek-retaliation-against-fl-supreme-court.html The sudden charge by State House Speaker Dean Cannon and other legislators to drastically reform Florida’s Supreme Court is a poorly disguised attempt at retaliation towards the judicial branch.Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:27:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11292536-political-observers-report-symptoms-but-miss-larger-problem.html Political observers report that the Florida Senate President raised $1 million at a single campaign event, but the real problem, a two-party plutocracy, is overlooked.Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:12:15 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11156370-legislators-challenged-to-find-courage-and-take-initiative-for-electoral-reform.html The Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform challenges legislators to "find the courage and take the initiative to build representative democracy in Florida".Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:43:35 GMT https://www.prlog.org/11093765-2010-elections-reveal-democracy-deficit.html Despite a higher than usual turnout and enthusiasm, the Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform says the 2010 midterm elections, like previous elections, highlight the flaws within Florida's electoral system and the nation as a whole.Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:02:14 GMT https://www.prlog.org/10983861-electoral-reform-tour-comes-to-orlando-oct-9th.html Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform hosts a Civic Forum on Electoral Reform in Orlando, Saturday, October 9th. Topics include disenfranchisement, voting rights restoration, redistricting, campaign finance reform, and instant runoff voting.Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:02:54 GMT https://www.prlog.org/10967634-civic-forum-on-electoral-reform-comes-to-sarasota.html Saturday, October 2nd at Sarasota's Selby Public Library, the Florida Initiative for Electoral Reform will host a “Civic Forum on Electoral Reform”. Expert speakers will cover obstacles and solutions for representative democracy in Florida.Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:53:20 GMT