Fusion Resources
Studies on Fusion and Democracy
Fusion Voting: An Analysis, by Demos, a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization on the implications of restoring fusion voting in states across the country.
(March 2007)
What’s In a Name: The Power of Fusion Politics in a Local Election, by Scott Susin, is an econometric study about the impact of fusion on voter turnout in New York.
(April 2004)
Cost and Implementation
Technical and Cost Considerations of ‘Fusion Voting’ in Oregon and Maine, assembled by the National Open Ballot Project in Jan 2008, this comprehensive study addresses the cost and feasibility of implementing fusion voting in Oregon and Maine. (January 2008)
Testimony on cost of implementing fusion, delivered to the Oregon Senate Elections and Ethics Committee. (February 2008)
Letter from Andy Garfunkel, Town Clerk of Norwalk, CT to Oregon Senator Kate Brown, the individual administering fusion elections in Connecticut. (January 2007)
*Letter from Douglas Kellner*, co-chair New York State Board of Elections to Oregon Rep. Galizio on the feasibility of implementing fusion elections in Oregon. (June 2007)
Letter from Edwin Smith, Sequoia Voting Systems, on the fiscal impact of instituting fusion voting. (June 2007)
Letter from Gerry Bergeron, Vice President of LHS Associates, the Northeast’s largest provider of electronic voting machines on the cost and availability of fusion-capable voting machines. (March 2007)
Public Testimony
Oregon, January 2008
Ashlee Albies, young voter and Board Member of the Ballot Freedom Project
Richard Burke, Oregon Libertarian Party
Clare Crawford, Director of the National Ballot Freedom Project
Barbara Dudley, Co-Chair, Oregon Working Families Party
Andy Garfunkel, Town Clerk, Norwalk, CT
Jake Oliver, young voter
Sal Peralta, Oregon Independent Party
Maine, April 2007
*Jon Bartholomew*, Maine Common Cause
Timothy Belcher, Executive Director, Maine State Employees Association
Senator Beth Edmonds, Maine Senate President
Rep. Hannah Pingree, Maine House of Representatives Majority Leader
Oregon, March 2007
Adam Morse, Brennan Center for Justice
Ben Healey, researcher with the Public Policy Institute
Josh Mason, National Open Ballot Project
