Center for Ballot Freedom

Winner-take-all voting isn’t the only type of electoral system out there. Let’s talk about fusion voting. @Promote_VoteMI

Michigan once allowed fusion voting before the Legislature banned it in 1895. Now, the Michigan Common Sense Party and fellow plaintiffs are challenging that ban, seeking to restore voters’ ability to support both a party and a shared candidate ahead of the 2028 election cycle. @jefftimmer

🎃 This Halloween, don’t let the spoiler effect haunt your vote. 👻 Fusion voting lets voters support the candidate they prefer while helping build the party that best represents their values. No tricks. More choices. And a democracy that’s a little less scary. 🗳️🍬 #Halloween #FusionVoting

Robert Rubin is worried about America’s future. Our two-party system leaves too many voters feeling unheard and fuels polarization. Fusion voting offers a way forward: empower voters, give smaller parties a voice, and make room for broader coalitions. substack.com/home/post/p-222…

We're saying no more to these tricks 🪦

In a recent essay, he argues that a future pro-democracy administration will need to ask who gains power from its policies, not only who receives their benefits. @awh @Mlsif

Fusion voting lets voters support a minor party’s nominee without sacrificing their chance to help elect a viable candidate. Votes combine toward the candidate’s total, while each party’s ballot-line results remain visible—giving minor parties a way to demonstrate their support and build political influence. @jefftimmer

Voters are hungry for candidates who break the mold and challenge the political establishment. Fusion voting can turn that frustration into real political power—giving smaller parties a voice, letting voters signal their values, and building coalitions without wasting votes. @axios axios.com/2026/10/18/unconve…

To really get out of this polarized mess, we need to think about ways to create more cross-cutting cleavages, whether through new parties that don't fit the standard left-right spectrum or new civil society organizations. You know, we are really excited by the effort, for instance, to create a patients' union that is being launched right now. @awh @Mlsif

Fusion voting won’t solve every problem in American politics, but it can create more room for moderation, reward cooperation, and give voters more meaningful choices beyond the two-party divide. It’s one way to build a system where more voices have a seat at the table. @jefftimmer

Michigan’s fusion voting fight is reaching a critical moment. The Court of Claims will decide whether the state’s ban stands, with the League of Women Voters of Michigan backing the challenge. It’s time to give voters more choice and minor parties a stronger voice. @JrnDavidson @MichiganAdvance michiganadvance.com/2026/10/…

What would one of those policy levers look like? @awh and @Mlsif discuss the expanded child tax credit, which sent families monthly payments for six months during COVID, as an example. He asks whether the law could or should also have helped those families organize themselves:

What if candidates had to build broader coalitions, listen beyond their partisan base, and earn support from voters who don’t fully identify with either major party? @jefftimmer Fusion voting can help make that possible—giving voters more ways to support both candidates and the parties that represent their values.

Wisconsin’s century-old ban on fusion voting protects the two-party duopoly at the expense of voter choice. Let parties cross-nominate candidates, build coalitions, and compete on ideas. It’s time to end the fusion ban. @wisconsinwatch wisconsinwatch.org/2026/10/w…

Alex Hertel-Fernandez borrows organizer Ai-jen Poo's image of three Earths: 🌍 🌎 🌏 @awh @USDOL @ColumbiaSIPA @aijenpoo @domesticworkers @caringacrossgen @careinactionUS @supermajority @sunstormpod @Mlsif

Minor parties shouldn’t have to choose between being spoilers and being ignored. @jefftimmer Fusion voting changes the equation: smaller parties can become force multipliers, not spoilers, while voters support both the candidates who can win and the parties that best reflect their values. More choice. More accountability. More political voices heard.

California needs more political competition—not just more candidates from the same two parties. Fusion voting and proportional representation would help new parties grow, give voters more choices, and make elected officials more accountable. Democracy works better when politicians have to compete for our votes. @sfstandard @stan_okl sfstandard.com/2026/10/18/ca…

Alex Hertel-Fernandez on labor, state power, and what happens after a policy victory substack.com/home/post/p-217…

Fusion voting once offered voters a way to support candidates across party lines—until political machines began banning it around the turn of the 20th century. Today, it survives in New York, Connecticut, Oregon, and Vermont. Restoring it more widely could expand voter choice and give smaller parties a stronger voice. @stan_okl @sfstandard