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Three pieces of legislation you should know about:

http://www.fairvote.org/irv/jacksonirvbill.htm

Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., today introduced H.R. 5293, the Majority Vote A
ct of 2004 that would require States by 2008 to conduct general elections for F
ederal office using an instant runoff voting system. It also directs the Electi
on Assistance Commission to make grants to States to defray the costs of admini
stering such systems.

http://www.fairvote.org/irv/jacksonelectoralcollegebill.htm

Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., today introduced legislation House Joint Resolu
tion 109, which would add an amendment to the U.S. Constitution eliminating the
Electoral College and allowing the American people to directly elect their Pre
sident and Vice President. Jackson stated, “It’s time the American people did t
o the election of their President and Vice President what they did by adding th
e 17th Amendment with respect to U.S. Senators - let the American people elect
them directly instead of having state legislatures select them for us. Similarl
y it’s time the American people, our republican form of government and our repr
esentative democracy were allowed to elect their President and Vice President d
irectly instead of indirectly through the Electoral College.

http://thomas.
loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.J.RES.28:

House Joint Resolution 28 is an amendment Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D- IL)
has introduced to ensure the right to vote in the U.S. Constitution — and als
o require IRV (or another majority system) for allocating electoral votes in st
ates. As of October. 13, 2004, the amendment has 41 co-sponsors including the m
ajority of the Black Caucus and prominent Congressmen like Dennis Kucinich and
Luis Guitterez.

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