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Our website is updated regularly on these resources, and we received particularly notable attention during the 2019 year for projects like the following:- Our senior fellow David Daley is a leading authority on gerrymandering and electoral reform, with frequent articles, media appearances and speeches to universities and civic groups.- We provided updated information on where primaries are closed, semi-closed and open on a page that is high in internet searches on this topic.- We regularly updated information on voter turnout and voter participation.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) 2231941 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 42 0 true 26 true false false false false false false false false X 13 12 true false false false false false false true true false true true true true true true true true false false false MD X THE ORGANIZATION 3012704616 6930 CARROLL AVE SUITE 240 Takoma Park MD 20912 CHARLOTTE HILL VICE CHAIR 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PAUL JACOB BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM REDPATH TREASURER 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CYNTHIA TERRELL BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALICE UNDERWOOD CHAIR 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BRENDA CHORESI CARTER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID WILNER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DONALD MARRON TREASURER 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CYNTHIA OKECHUKWU BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOE SWIMMER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARK DE LA IGLESIA SECRETARY 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SUSANNAH WELLFORD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY HAYES BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT RICHIE PRESIDENT & CEO 40.00 0.00 X 130000 0 29998 SANGITA DHUNGANA EXECUTIVE VP 40.00 0.00 X 155000 0 22149 DAVID DALEY SENIOR FELLOW 40.00 0.00 X 130000 0 21540 415000 0 73687 3 false true false 4210414 4210414 ELECTION SERVICES 900099 13250 13250 13250 741 741 HONORARIA 900099 3719 3719 OTHER INCOME 900099 60102 60102 63821 4288226 77071 0 741 X 81950 81950 285000 171000 71250 42750 950956 837070 102311 11575 195082 104414 85634 5034 111806 91480 16130 4196 612 612 31301 31301 14470 14470 719303 615049 103954 300 31333 28586 2746 1 52779 39640 7768 5371 44372 39975 3572 825 108365 84524 19506 4335 86707 71665 12704 2338 41022 28675 10790 1557 4333 3713 504 116 14565 11359 2621 585 OTHER EXPENSES 8940 8371 326 243 2782896 2231941 471729 79226 419037 772902 59801 1172359 5768 25935 42271 14337 5654 27934 8092 8092 498352 2007222 1069 24408 19799 20868 24408 X 409366 982814 68118 1000000 477484 1982814 498352 2007222 1505330 0 X false true X true false X 1705705 3194902 3204958 2650200 4210414 14966179 24275 9100 1500 6534 16969 58378 1729980 3204002 3206458 2656734 4227383 15024557 15024557 10040 9000 19000 4221 741 43002 10040 9000 19000 4221 741 43002 1740020 3213002 3225458 2660955 4228124 15067559 0.99710 0.99490 0.00000 0.01000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 108900 108900 2673996 2782896 289145 72286 304928 289618 300829 289145 1184520 1776780 342619 94830 142358 108900 688707 76232 72405 75207 72286 296130 444195 42271 14337 27934 27934 SECURITY DEPOSIT 8092 8092 4288226 4288226 4288226 2782896 2782896 2782896 false FAIRVOTE WASHINGTON 7105 NE 135TH ST KIRKLAND WA 98034 831994669 79950 VOTER SERVICES ACTIVITIES THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 1620 L STREET NW SUITE 1100 WASHINGTON DC 20036 237026895 1000 MEMBERSHIP GRANT FIX DEMOCRACY FIRST 1402 3rd AVE 201 SEATTLE WA 98101 261499049 1000 LOBBYING 3 X X false false false false false false false false false ROBERT RICHIE PRESIDENT & CEO 130000 29998 159998 SANGITA DHUNGANA EXECUTIVE VP 155000 22149 177149 DAVID DALEY SENIOR FELLOW 130000 21540 151540 Officer directors etc family relationship Part VI line 2 THE SPOUSE OF THE CEO AND PRESDIENT IS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 MANAGEMENT WAS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE RETURN FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE TAXING AUTHORITIES. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c ANNUAL REVIEW AND MEETING. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST OR AT THE ORGANIZATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN TAKOMA PARK, MD. List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g CONSULTING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 615,049 MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 103,954 FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 300 TOTAL EXPENSES 719,303TOTAL OTHER FEES ON FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G, COL A 719,303 General explanation attachment FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION (CONTINUED):WE STUDY ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL RULES, DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES,CONVENE STRATEGIC CONFERENCES, WRITE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT OUR PROPOSALS, AND ENGAGE WITH CIVIC LEADERS AND JOURNALISTS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, PROGRAM SERVICE ACOMPLISHMENTS (CONTINUED):We were most focused in 2019 on a voting method called ranked choice voting (RCV).Our work has contributed to RCV becoming a mainstream proposal that is being discussed and implemented in states and cities around the country.Highlights of our work and its impact are listed below.THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: FairVote helped shape the views of key thought leaders over the past year, including editorials in support of adopting ranked choice voting in New York City in the New York Times and Daily News. Our staff published more than 40 published op-eds and articles, including in The New Yorker, Democracy Journal, Guardian and The Washington Post. We were featured in an excellent national television story on RCV that ran on CNBC and werethe key background source for one on NBC.FairVote was a regular source of analysis, inspiration, and editorial feedback to authors of new books and other scholars that feature support for RCV and/or the Fair Representation Act, including New Americas Lee Drutman, Ohio State University Laws Edward Foley, journalist Jesse Wegman, and independent reformer Neal Simon. FairVote testified for the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship and is an ongoing resource for its leadership, as the Commission ultimately released a report in 2020 draw serious attention and feature calls for national action on RCV and multi-winner districts. ASSISTING UNDERSTANDING OF FAIR REPRESENTATION FORM OF RCV AS A VOTING RIGHTS REMEDY: FairVote and our allies demonstrated that the proportional form of ranked choice voting can be adopted to resolve Voting Rights Act lawsuits. Eastpointe (MI) and Palm Desert (CA) became the first cities to adopt this as a remedy for voting rights lawsuits and the first city councils to enact this form of RCV in decades. Working with groups like More Equitable Democracy, we invested in helping Eastpointe implement RCV well in its first election in 2019 to show it works and holds real promise of major expanded use as a voting rights remedy. ENGAGEMENT IN STATES:We provide assistance to various civic groups. We focused in particular in 2019 on Utah, where we provided financial, research, and logistical support to Utah RCV. FairVote also supported the Utah County Clerks office in RCV implementation by giving advice, including in how to visualize the results and implement best practices in the first RCV elections held in Vineyard and Payson in November 2019. The results were extremely encouraging, with over 90% of voters ranking more than one candidate and increased turnout over the previous comparable elections. We recognizing them in person among state reformers, election administrators, and elected officials at our national Champions of Democracy event in Washington, D.C in November. AMONG OTHER STATES:- New York City: We were a trusted source of information for New York Citys 2019 charter commission as it considered and recommended RCV for all primary and general elections. Its final report regularly cites FairVote, and we were able to comment and improve upon the commissions final recommendations before they were issued and, ultimately, approved by the voters. -Maine: FairVotes Rob Richie educated various stakeholders in Maine through his engagement with journalists, work with the League of Women Voters of Maine, public lecture at Colby College, and educational meetings with legislators interested in hearing about ranked choice voting in practice. The legislature later approved legislation to enact ranked choice voting for presidential primary and general elections. LAUNCHING THE RANKED CHOICE VOTING RESOURCE CENTER:After several years as a project of FairVote, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center became an independent organization in August 2019. Since it started as a project in 2016, the Resource Center has taken great strides toward its ultimate goal: ensuring policymakers in every state and jurisdiction can have an option to introduce RCV without facing implementation barriers. Toward that end, the Resource Center has worked closely with a wide range of election officials who traditionally have been distrustful of RCV, created a series of helpful reports, and held a series of well-attended webinars for election officials all of which were accomplished when funded by FairVote last year. 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