Californians for Electoral Reform	PO Box 128, Sacramento, CA 95812 916-455-8021
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About CfER

• The primary purpose of this organization is to promote the implementation of election methods such as instant runoff voting and forms of proportional representation.

• We are a nonpartisan organization with members from across the political spectrum.

• We often work with FairVote - the Center for Voting and Democracy, a national organization with similar aims. A small portion of membership dues are sent to FairVote.

• CfER was founded in May of 1993, with 23 people signing up. We now have several hundred members and several local chapters.

• We helped run a successful campaign in 2002 to bring Instant Runoff Voting to San Francisco.
• We ran a campaign in 1996 in SF to adopt PR there. We lost, but we see it as the opening salvo in the quest for PR.
• We assisted with a successful ballot measure campaign to enable use of Instant Runoff Voting in Santa Clara County in 1998.
• We helped develop and run the first elections of the Local Advisory Board of KPFA, the nation's oldest community-sponsored radio station.
• We frequently send speakers to radio shows and other community events to spread the word about PR. We have also sponsored workshops on election reform.
• CfER members who are college students have helped their student governments adopt IRV and Choice Voting.

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