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Formation | June 1992 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | (as Citizens for Proportional Representation)
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Type | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
Purpose | Promoting electoral reform in the United States |
Headquarters | Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
Coordinates | 38°59′39″N 77°01′38″W / 38.9942°N 77.0272°W |
Founder | Robert Richie[1] |
Revenue | $4.3 million (2019)[2] |
Staff | 32[2] |
Website | fairvote |
Formerly called | The Center for Voting and Democracy, Citizens for Proportional Representation |
FairVote is a 501(c)(3) organization and lobbying group in the United States.[3] It was founded in 1992 as Citizens for Proportional Representation to support the implementation of proportional representation in American elections. Its focus changed over time to emphasize instant-runoff voting (IRV), a national popular vote, and universal voter registration.[4][5] It changed its name to the Center for Voting and Democracy in 1993 and to FairVote in 2004.
Since 2018, FairVote has also conducted campaigns to oppose alternative voting reforms, including approval and STAR voting.[6][7] In 2024, it launched a successful campaign to maintain first-past-the-post (FPP) voting in Eugene, with FairVote lobbyists preventing adoption of a ballot initiative to replace FPP with STAR voting.[8][9]