Interviews

Fair Voting on the Ballot with Deb Otis

How can we improve U.S. elections to ensure that every vote truly counts? Sharon McMahon talks with Deb Otis from FairVote about solutions like proportional representation and ranked choice voting. Want to vote for a third party candidate but worried it’s a wasted vote? There’s a way to change that, and it’s on the ballot in some states November 5th! Deb shares her thoughts on reforms that could lead to nicer politicians, and more choices for voters.

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Host: Sharon McMahon
Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks
Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
Audio Producer: Craig Thompson

Host: Sharon McMahon
Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks
Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
Audio Producer: Craig Thompson

Guests

Deb Otis

Deb Otis is the Director of Research and Policy at FairVote. With a decade of experience in research and analytics, Deb is passionate about sharing the data-driven case for why our country needs election reform. In addition to ranked choice voting and proportional representation, Deb's areas of research include comparative electoral systems, political polarization, redistricting, representation for women and people of color, the electoral college, and election recounts. Deb is a graduate of Boston University with degrees in Economics and Physics and she lives in Washington, DC.