More Choices, More Voices: A Primer On Fusion
More Choices, More Voices: A Primer on Fusion is the third in a series, Voting Rights and Elections Series. Also included in the series:
- Making the List: Database Matching and Verification Processes for Voter Registration by Justin Levitt, Wendy Weiser and Ana Muñoz
- The Machinery of Democracy: Voting System Security, Accessibility, Usability, and Cost by the Voting Technology Assessment Project, Lawrence Norden, Dir.
Contents:
- Introduction to Fusion
- A Short History of Laws Banning Fusion
- Reasons to Legalize Fusion
- Fusion Promotes Effective Third Parties
- Fusion Mobilizes Voters and Encourages Turnout
- Fusion Encourages the Major Parties to Differentiate Themselves
- Fusion May Allow Motivated Blocs of Voters to Influence High-Importance Issues
- Answering Objections to Fusion
- Fusion Does Not Promote Patronage
- Fusion Does Not Promote or Empower Fringe Groups
- Fusion Does Not Threaten the Political Identity of Third Parties
- Fusion Does Not Threaten the Two-Party System
- Conclusion
