The Center for Election Science
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We're a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to empowering people with voting methods that strengthen democracy—with an emphasis on approval voting.
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The only thing better than a great idea is the dedicated team that makes it happen. Proud of the work we're doing to advance Approval Voting! 🗳️✨
#ApprovalVoting #votingreform #nonprofit #communitybuilders #gerrymandering #votesplitting
#ApprovalVoting #votingreform #nonprofit #communitybuilders #gerrymandering #votesplitting
Democracy depends on innovation! Currently, nonprofits bringing better voting methods to communities are massively underfunded. A gift from you provides the crucial support we need to make voting accessible, fair, & modern for everyone. Join the movement!
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November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Democracy depends on innovation! Currently, nonprofits bringing better voting methods to communities are massively underfunded. A gift from you provides the crucial support we need to make voting accessible, fair, & modern for everyone. Join the movement!
electionscience.org/giving
electionscience.org/giving
Interested in digging into the data for the recent NYC 2025 Mayoral election? See the results, pairwise preferences, and more right here: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3wdub26n #NYCMayor #ElectionData #NYCpolitics #electionscience
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Interested in digging into the data for the recent NYC 2025 Mayoral election? See the results, pairwise preferences, and more right here: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3wdub26n #NYCMayor #ElectionData #NYCpolitics #electionscience
Happening this week Wednesday, Nov12 at 3:00 PM ET Free learning session!
Learn how to write and place compelling op-eds with expert advocate Jean-Paul Ciardullo. Tailor your message, reach new audiences, and move the needle on reform! Don't miss out.
https://tinyurl.com/4radv2aa
Learn how to write and place compelling op-eds with expert advocate Jean-Paul Ciardullo. Tailor your message, reach new audiences, and move the needle on reform! Don't miss out.
https://tinyurl.com/4radv2aa
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Happening this week Wednesday, Nov12 at 3:00 PM ET Free learning session!
Learn how to write and place compelling op-eds with expert advocate Jean-Paul Ciardullo. Tailor your message, reach new audiences, and move the needle on reform! Don't miss out.
https://tinyurl.com/4radv2aa
Learn how to write and place compelling op-eds with expert advocate Jean-Paul Ciardullo. Tailor your message, reach new audiences, and move the needle on reform! Don't miss out.
https://tinyurl.com/4radv2aa
📣 HISTORIC! Utah's SD11 Special Election is using Approval Voting to pick a consensus candidate—open to ALL voters! Vote for all you approve of. Stops spoilers, boosts civic engagement. Candidate deadline Nov. 11. Learn more at 11chooses.com. #ApprovalVoting #Utah
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
📣 HISTORIC! Utah's SD11 Special Election is using Approval Voting to pick a consensus candidate—open to ALL voters! Vote for all you approve of. Stops spoilers, boosts civic engagement. Candidate deadline Nov. 11. Learn more at 11chooses.com. #ApprovalVoting #Utah
Join us Wednesday, November 12 at 3:00 PM ET for a comprehensive training! ✍️
Learn how to write and place compelling op-eds with expert advocate Jean-Paul Ciardullo. Tailor your message, reach new audiences, and move the needle on reform! Don't miss out.
https://tinyurl.com/4radv2aa
Learn how to write and place compelling op-eds with expert advocate Jean-Paul Ciardullo. Tailor your message, reach new audiences, and move the needle on reform! Don't miss out.
https://tinyurl.com/4radv2aa
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Join us Wednesday, November 12 at 3:00 PM ET for a comprehensive training! ✍️
Learn how to write and place compelling op-eds with expert advocate Jean-Paul Ciardullo. Tailor your message, reach new audiences, and move the needle on reform! Don't miss out.
https://tinyurl.com/4radv2aa
Learn how to write and place compelling op-eds with expert advocate Jean-Paul Ciardullo. Tailor your message, reach new audiences, and move the needle on reform! Don't miss out.
https://tinyurl.com/4radv2aa
Approval Voting is the path to fair elections & ending the spoiler effect!
We need YOUR help to go the distance. Donate to fight for better elections, true representation, and put power back in the voter's hands!
electionscience.org/giving
#VotingReform #MakeYourVoteCount
We need YOUR help to go the distance. Donate to fight for better elections, true representation, and put power back in the voter's hands!
electionscience.org/giving
#VotingReform #MakeYourVoteCount
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Approval Voting is the path to fair elections & ending the spoiler effect!
We need YOUR help to go the distance. Donate to fight for better elections, true representation, and put power back in the voter's hands!
electionscience.org/giving
#VotingReform #MakeYourVoteCount
We need YOUR help to go the distance. Donate to fight for better elections, true representation, and put power back in the voter's hands!
electionscience.org/giving
#VotingReform #MakeYourVoteCount
Yesterday we saw an incredible spike in our website traffic.. and what were visitors searching?
1️⃣ Spoiler Effect
2️⃣ Vote Splitting
3️⃣ Approval Voting
4️⃣ Bullet Voting
https://electionscience.org/education
#electiondayeducation #democrat #republican #thirdparty #election
1️⃣ Spoiler Effect
2️⃣ Vote Splitting
3️⃣ Approval Voting
4️⃣ Bullet Voting
https://electionscience.org/education
#electiondayeducation #democrat #republican #thirdparty #election
The Center for Election Science | Our Work
Learn about problems in our elections like vote splitting, the center squeeze effect, the spoiler effect as well as solutions like approval voting.
electionscience.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Yesterday we saw an incredible spike in our website traffic.. and what were visitors searching?
1️⃣ Spoiler Effect
2️⃣ Vote Splitting
3️⃣ Approval Voting
4️⃣ Bullet Voting
https://electionscience.org/education
#electiondayeducation #democrat #republican #thirdparty #election
1️⃣ Spoiler Effect
2️⃣ Vote Splitting
3️⃣ Approval Voting
4️⃣ Bullet Voting
https://electionscience.org/education
#electiondayeducation #democrat #republican #thirdparty #election
The political pendulum keeps swinging, but Approval Voting can stabilize the system. It ensures the elected winner holds the broadest mandate, rewarding consensus over partisan extremes. Time for better representation!
electionscience.org
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November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The political pendulum keeps swinging, but Approval Voting can stabilize the system. It ensures the elected winner holds the broadest mandate, rewarding consensus over partisan extremes. Time for better representation!
electionscience.org
electionscience.org
Tired of "lesser of two evils" choices? You don't have to be! Learn how the right voting method eliminates vote splitting and delivers better leaders. Get the solution: electionscience.org/education
#voting #approvalvoting #vote
#voting #approvalvoting #vote
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Tired of "lesser of two evils" choices? You don't have to be! Learn how the right voting method eliminates vote splitting and delivers better leaders. Get the solution: electionscience.org/education
#voting #approvalvoting #vote
#voting #approvalvoting #vote
What we're reading: key races to watch.
https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_10_Elections_to_Watch,_2025?
https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_10_Elections_to_Watch,_2025?
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November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What we're reading: key races to watch.
https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_10_Elections_to_Watch,_2025?
https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_10_Elections_to_Watch,_2025?
Stop settling for less than 51%. The system is flawed, but the fix is simple! Zachary Westfall breaks down The Flaw in Majority Rule and why Approval Voting is the upgrade that brings true consensus leaders to power. 📺 https://youtu.be/9JXKtwz33dc
#vote #elections
#vote #elections
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Stop settling for less than 51%. The system is flawed, but the fix is simple! Zachary Westfall breaks down The Flaw in Majority Rule and why Approval Voting is the upgrade that brings true consensus leaders to power. 📺 https://youtu.be/9JXKtwz33dc
#vote #elections
#vote #elections
Approval Voting: No ranking. No ballot exhaustion. No long waits. No black box tally. Just clear, simple approval. We are not the same as other reforms. Get the facts: electionscience.org/education/di...
How Approval Voting and Ranked Choice Voting Are Different | Center for Election Science
How Approval Voting and Ranked Choice Voting Are Different
electionscience.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Approval Voting: No ranking. No ballot exhaustion. No long waits. No black box tally. Just clear, simple approval. We are not the same as other reforms. Get the facts: electionscience.org/education/di...
As communities head to the polls today, it reminds us why we fight for better voting methods. Our shared future depends on it. We're working hard to make sure elections truly reflect voter will, paving the way for a future powered by Approval Voting!
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
As communities head to the polls today, it reminds us why we fight for better voting methods. Our shared future depends on it. We're working hard to make sure elections truly reflect voter will, paving the way for a future powered by Approval Voting!
https://tinyurl.com/4tuverna
House Bill 1297 was an overreach of Home Rule. Residents of #Fargo took the steps to identify the issues in their elections, educated themselves on the options, went through the ballot initiative process and voted to adopt approval voting.
House Bill 1297 was an overreach of Home Rule. Residents of #Fargo took the steps to identify the issues in their elections, educated themselves on the options, went through the ballot initiative process and voted to adopt approval voting.
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
https://tinyurl.com/4tuverna
House Bill 1297 was an overreach of Home Rule. Residents of #Fargo took the steps to identify the issues in their elections, educated themselves on the options, went through the ballot initiative process and voted to adopt approval voting.
House Bill 1297 was an overreach of Home Rule. Residents of #Fargo took the steps to identify the issues in their elections, educated themselves on the options, went through the ballot initiative process and voted to adopt approval voting.
"This is a structural flaw. By concentrating financial power on a single solution, the ecosystem ensures that the best option may never have the resources to dethrone the first option. "
https://tinyurl.com/yc8pwprf
#approvalvoting #votingreform #rcv #democracy
https://tinyurl.com/yc8pwprf
#approvalvoting #votingreform #rcv #democracy
The Democracy Reform Ecosystem: Why Monopoly Threatens Innovation
I’ve spent my career known as a disruptor, educator, and innovator. At the beginning of 2024, I turned my attention from medical specialty…
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November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"This is a structural flaw. By concentrating financial power on a single solution, the ecosystem ensures that the best option may never have the resources to dethrone the first option. "
https://tinyurl.com/yc8pwprf
#approvalvoting #votingreform #rcv #democracy
https://tinyurl.com/yc8pwprf
#approvalvoting #votingreform #rcv #democracy
Looking ahead to 2026, our hope is for ethical reform to finally prevail in the voting reform ecosystem. Let's move past paid manipulation & resource suppression. Genuine progress requires full transparency and empowering communities #VotingReform #EthicalProgress
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Looking ahead to 2026, our hope is for ethical reform to finally prevail in the voting reform ecosystem. Let's move past paid manipulation & resource suppression. Genuine progress requires full transparency and empowering communities #VotingReform #EthicalProgress
Let's talk about "paying for progress." Paying groups to push a single reform while actively squashing alternatives isn't success, it's market manipulation. Fast results don't mean genuine reform when you're intentionally starving communities of information. #ReformOrRhetoric
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Let's talk about "paying for progress." Paying groups to push a single reform while actively squashing alternatives isn't success, it's market manipulation. Fast results don't mean genuine reform when you're intentionally starving communities of information. #ReformOrRhetoric
FINAL DAY! $50,000 GAP. Help us fund the first-ever Approval Voting primary by a US political party. We need resources tonight for voter education to make this historic demonstration a success. Reform is funded. electionscience.org/giving
#fightforit #approvalvoting #famjam
#fightforit #approvalvoting #famjam
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
FINAL DAY! $50,000 GAP. Help us fund the first-ever Approval Voting primary by a US political party. We need resources tonight for voter education to make this historic demonstration a success. Reform is funded. electionscience.org/giving
#fightforit #approvalvoting #famjam
#fightforit #approvalvoting #famjam
"In a time of political scramble, it makes me so proud that CES is the one bringing a decisive solution: Approval Voting. We aren't just reacting to problems we're structurally fixing them. Our commitment is unwavering, we're happy to lead this charge authentically" - N Taylor
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"In a time of political scramble, it makes me so proud that CES is the one bringing a decisive solution: Approval Voting. We aren't just reacting to problems we're structurally fixing them. Our commitment is unwavering, we're happy to lead this charge authentically" - N Taylor
#TBT Last Week's learning hour on Proportional Representation and Approval Voting
https://youtu.be/yCnmR91ttIg?si=51TpA3_GM5mxU3Nq
https://youtu.be/yCnmR91ttIg?si=51TpA3_GM5mxU3Nq
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#TBT Last Week's learning hour on Proportional Representation and Approval Voting
https://youtu.be/yCnmR91ttIg?si=51TpA3_GM5mxU3Nq
https://youtu.be/yCnmR91ttIg?si=51TpA3_GM5mxU3Nq
Don't just vote—invest! Nonprofits working on structural voting reform are the immune system for our democracy. They don't just defend the last election, they fix the system for the next one. Your donation is vital, urgent investment. #approvalvoting
electionscience.org/giving
electionscience.org/giving
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Don't just vote—invest! Nonprofits working on structural voting reform are the immune system for our democracy. They don't just defend the last election, they fix the system for the next one. Your donation is vital, urgent investment. #approvalvoting
electionscience.org/giving
electionscience.org/giving
Are you a candidate campaigning or thinking of entering a race? Reach out to us, we'd love to have you include Approval Voting as part of your policy platform! electionscience.org/education
#approvalvoting #policy #politics #campaigns
#approvalvoting #policy #politics #campaigns
The Center for Election Science | Our Work
Learn about problems in our elections like vote splitting, the center squeeze effect, the spoiler effect as well as solutions like approval voting.
electionscience.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Are you a candidate campaigning or thinking of entering a race? Reach out to us, we'd love to have you include Approval Voting as part of your policy platform! electionscience.org/education
#approvalvoting #policy #politics #campaigns
#approvalvoting #policy #politics #campaigns
Approval voting is tested, We have detailed reports on 37 approval voting races, including cast records from the recent St. Louis race. Interested in the data? check out https://approval.vote/ As we continue to grow we will commit to sharing our data insights.
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Approval voting is tested, We have detailed reports on 37 approval voting races, including cast records from the recent St. Louis race. Interested in the data? check out https://approval.vote/ As we continue to grow we will commit to sharing our data insights.
Our end of year giving campaign is in full force. Help us smash the duopoly and bring fairness to our elections. Your donation funds our legislative action initiatives to bring approval voting to Maryland and Utah. Donate today! electionscience.org/giving
October 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Our end of year giving campaign is in full force. Help us smash the duopoly and bring fairness to our elections. Your donation funds our legislative action initiatives to bring approval voting to Maryland and Utah. Donate today! electionscience.org/giving
We can't thank Senator Thatcher enough for his support of Approval Voting and his record of working for the people of Utah vs for a party. We are also excited to see the Forward Party innovate in the mid-term replacement process. https://www.11chooses.com/apply
#fairness #civicinnovation
#fairness #civicinnovation
October 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We can't thank Senator Thatcher enough for his support of Approval Voting and his record of working for the people of Utah vs for a party. We are also excited to see the Forward Party innovate in the mid-term replacement process. https://www.11chooses.com/apply
#fairness #civicinnovation
#fairness #civicinnovation