Center for Ballot Freedom
@fusionvoting
America’s political system is broken. We are a cross-partisan nonprofit project that protects and strengthens American democracy by reviving #FusionVoting 🗳️
.@MerriamWebster has declared "polarization" as its 2024 Word of the Year, reflecting the deepening divisions in society, especially after the recent U.S. presidential election. @AP: apnews.com/article/word-y…
Reinstating fusion voting is a common-sense way to fight polarization and open up our democracy: ✅ Voters: Support a candidate and a party that matches your values—no spoilers, no wasted votes. ✅ New Parties: Gain real influence by shaping major party platforms. ✅ Candidates:…
Fusion voting lets a candidate be nominated by multiple parties—giving independents & third-party voters more say and pushing major candidates to appeal to the middle. @schmidtmitchell @WiStateJournal Law Forward & Gass Turek argue Wisconsin’s ban violates voters’ constitutional…
Fusion voting = when more than one party nominates the same candidate—and it shows up on the ballot. @jrdresden @protctdemocracy It’s not just an endorsement. Voters can choose the party line that best matches their values, and all votes count toward that candidate. Real…
The two-party doom loop is breaking our democracy. Voters want more choices—but the system punishes them for it. The Center for Ballot Freedom is working to fix that by reviving fusion voting and building a real path to multiparty democracy. It's time. 🗳️
Fearing the potential of being a spoiler or wasting votes, Kansas Democrats saw fusion voting as their path to survival. At their 1892 state convention, the Democrats “declared for complete fusion and nominated the entire elected and state ticket” of the Populists. #TBT
Fusion voting was common in 1800s America, letting parties freely cross-nominate candidates. It even helped birth the GOP in 1854, when antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and smaller parties united in Wisconsin to create the Republican Party. #FusionVoting #History #WIpolitics…
Fusion voting 101: It lets more than one party nominate the same candidate. So instead of a Green, Libertarian, Dem & GOP all splitting the vote—you might see Greens & Dems back one person. More choice, more voice, same ballot. Why haven’t you heard of it? Wisconsin banned it…
Join me and @leedrutman for a discussion on third parties in America, and why they're so hard to start despite voters' loathing of their only two choices. youtu.be/eJtwY9e_gT0?si…
America is stuck in a two-party doom loop. Could Elon Musk’s “America Party” actually shake things up? Senior Fellow, @leedrutman, talks with Smart Girl Dumb Questions host, Nayeema Raza, about the history, current dysfunction, and future of our party system. Listen here:
Want a real multiparty democracy in the U.S.? Start with #FusionVoting, an #ElectionReform that opens the door for new parties to emerge—and thrive. @leedrutman @newamerica @PolReformNA substack.com/home/post/p-16…
Pro-democracy folks: 👀 @Newsweek piece by @BillKristol & @TRgetMedia highlights the @ABAesq Task Force report urging states to revisit fusion voting. Re-legalizing fusion = more choice, less polarization, stronger democracy. Coalition politics beats authoritarian drift.…
New York’s fusion voting system allows for the same candidate to run on both a major party and a minor party line. This allows voters to vote for a major party candidate while supporting a minor party. @BrennanCenter brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…
When fusion voting becomes available in Kansas, minor parties can be a powerful force on key issues. By giving voice to even a small % of the electorate, they can influence major parties and drive real change. Fusion gives voters more impact! #FusionVoting #KansasPolitics…
If antitrust laws applied to politics, fusion voting bans would've been toast ages ago. 🍞 The two-party monopoly rigs the game, blocks competition, and calls it democracy. Time for the courts to step in. This isn’t just bad policy—it’s an antitrust violation. #FusionVoting…
Why pick just one party when you can pick power? 🔥 #FusionVoting
Republican favorability is 💩 Democrats are even deeper in 💩 America deserves better than a two-party race to the bottom. 🗳️ #FusionVoting is the solution to our two-party #doomloop 🗳️ thehill.com/homenews/campa…
James Madison understood that political parties were an inherent part of our Constitution and government structure. Parties are expected, and can be beneficial to the people when they offer diversity of thought.
In the state’s first presidential election, Kansas voters cast almost 80 percent of their ballots for the fusion ticket (“National Union”) of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, and Andrew Johnson, a Democrat. #TBT
