Education
Born in Washington, District of Columbia, Richie graduated from Haverford College with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1987.
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Richie has directed FairVote since its founding in 1992. Before co-founding FairVote and becoming its executive director in 1992, he worked for three winning congressional campaigns in Washington state and for non-profit organizations in Washington and the District of Columbia. Among his activities at FairVote, Richie has:
Testified in special sessions before charter commissions in Nassau County (New York), Miami Beach (Florida), Cincinnati (Ohio), Austin (Texas) and Detroit (Michigan) and before state legislative committees in Alaska, Vermont, Virginia and Washington and advised charter commissions and elected officials in several other cities and states.
Helped organize seven well-attended national conferences on electoral system reform and worked with state reformers supporting fair election methods.
Toured New Zealand at the invitation of electoral reformers during a successful referendum campaign in that country in 1993 to adopt a full representation voting system. Richie is a frequent source for print, radio and television journalists and has published commentary in such publications as New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, Nation, National Civic Review, Boston Review, Christian Science Monitor and Legal Times.
His writings have appeared in eight books since 1999, including the feature essay in Whose Votes Count (Beacon Press, 2001). Richie has been a guest on many radio and television programs.
Politics
Worked with congressional staff in writing numerous pieces of legislation, including the States" Choice of Voting Systems Acting (1999) and Bipartisan Federal Elections Review Acting (2001).
