Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: a roundup of promising midterm results for ranked-choice voting and women candidates in local and national races
Tag: Ranked-Choice Voting
A ranked-choice voting system is an electoral system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots.
If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, he or she is declared the winner.
If no candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, the candidate with the fewest first-preference votes is eliminated. First-preference votes cast for the failed candidate are eliminated, lifting the second-preference choices indicated on those ballots. A new tally is conducted to determine whether any candidate has won a majority of the adjusted votes. The process is repeated until a candidate wins an outright majority
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: What to Watch on Election Night; Celebrating ‘Witches’ All Year Long
Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: when it comes to women’s representation, here’s what to watch on Election Day; Vermont may send its first woman to Congress; a women gubernatorial candidate roundup; and more.
The Reality of Running for Governor as a Woman
Just nine women currently serve as governor in the United States—a “record” first set in 2004 and achieved two additional times, but yet to be broken. In over 200 years that this nation has existed, only 45 women total have been elected as governors.
This year, there are 25 women running for governor. Women’s ability to adapt and navigate through times of uncertainty makes women exceptionally qualified leaders, thus demonstrating the need for more women governors.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Likely Demographic Changes in the 118th Congress; Could Another Woman Replace Liz Truss?
Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: likely demographic changes in the 118th Congress; firsthand stories from women in Minnesota politics on the barriers they experience as women candidates; could another woman replace Liz Truss? ;and more
This Is the Fight of Our Lives. It’s Time Progressives Act Like It
Midterms approach, and the overall threat to democracy is bigger than our minds can comprehend. The crisis is very real, but there are things progressive leaders can do to help lead us out of it. We’re in the fight of our lives. It’s time to act like it.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: What Girls and Young Women Think About Politics; Ranked-Choice Voting Works in Alaska
Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: what girls and young women think about politics; Melinda French Gates recently committed $1 billion to Pivotal Ventures, an incubator with the aim of uplifting women; Ranked-choice voting and nonpartisan open seat primaries have been successful in Alaska; and more.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: A Record-Breaking Number of Women Are Running for Governor
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!
This week: the Democratic party has nominated more women of color than the Republican party; 25 women are running for governor in the upcoming midterms; women leaders in Malaysia—which ranks 142nd for women’s representation—have called for the introduction of gender quotas for political parties; and more.
‘The People’s Lawyers’: Attorneys General Letitia James and Dana Nessel on Reclaiming and Rebuilding U.S. Democracy
On Sept. 7, Ms. recorded a “fireside chat”-style discussion with Attorneys General Letitia James (N.Y.) and Dana Nessel (Mich.)—two trailblazers in the fight for justice and democracy—moderated by election administration expert and governor of the United States Postal Service, Amber McReynolds.
Here are our favorite moments of that conversation.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Queen’s Death Is a Reminder That Systems Matter; Is Liz Truss on the Side of Women?
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!
This week: Maura Healey may become Massachusetts’ first woman governor and the nation’s first openly lesbian governor; Brits aren’t so sure if PM Liz Truss is truly on the side of women; the longest any monarch has ever served in British history, Queen Elizabeth II has died; and more.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Brittney Griner’s Detention Matters for All Women; Is Serena Williams Retiring on Her Own Terms?
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!
This week: Is Serena Williams retiring on her own terms?; progress for women in Kenyan politics; India falls behind for parity; Brittney Griner’s detention is a travesty; women of color are well-positioned to take power after the Minnesota primaries; New York Times endorses three white men; and more.