[I apologize if you've already seen this on other lists.] Executive Summary: At its convention this past weekend, the California Democratic Party added the...
Instant Runoff Voting: Solving the Nader Dilemma By Nathan Newman http://news.openflows.org/%7Enathan/populist/04.15.02pop.html It seems that if as much energy...
I get up to Sacramento about once a month, and we can forget about legislation for IRV voting with AARRRGNOLD as Gov. The Reps are absolutely opposed and the...
Prola, Jim
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John B. Anderson Center for Voting and Democracy 03.01.04 Creating an open electoral process IRV would make Nader a welcome third voice, instead of a 'spoiler'...
Howard Dean debated Ralph Nader yesterday on NPR and C-Span. It's a great debate. You can hear it from the www.JusticeTalking.org website. Howard Dean and...
San Francisco to use IRV this November -- see this flash animation that describes how it works and please forward it on! http://www.fairvote.org/sf/vote/...
I had the following letter published in the Philadelphia Inquirer today (9/2/04). Instant runoff needed Re: "Pa. court keeps Nader off ballot," Aug. 30: I...
Two former New Jersey governors endorse a constitutional convention as the best chance for the state to finally bring excessive property taxes under control--a...
I recently saw a proposal for an IRV initiative in Washington state that I don't think received enough signatures to make it on the ballot. I think one of the...
The trick to any kind of voting reform is to implement it at the local level in as many places as possible. As more people see how it works, it will percolate...
I wonder if we could get a dvd of a dem. leader (Jackson, Dean, Mckinney or Sen. Obama?) speaking about IRV. Even if someone just gives a speech on C-spanm,...
Hi, I'm Michele and I'm really excited about the 2006 elections where democrats can win seats and create balance in our bloated republican government. We...
When you talk about issues, there are unlimited good causes that most Americans and Democrat candidates support, yet the enemy is still in power. Besides the...
Executive Summary: On March 21st, 2006, Colorado became the first state in the union to use instant runoff voting to elect a state legislator! Read on for the...
I asked one of the DNC members from California if we could get ... So what I want from each of you is: - The names of any DNC members you know who support IRV....
If we want more elected Democrats to endorse IRV, the main problem to deal with is that they are not interested in ending primaries, and that idea is the only...
Has anyone seen a count on this? (I think we need 2/3 to call a constituional convention) Regardless, if the Dems were to get organized and start passing state...
How about that. For the 1at time since 2000, and since SF enacted IRV, The Democrat party is in a position to make national IRV possible before Nov. 08. In...
Iraq does not have a functional govt, but that is surely a requirement for peace. The '05 electd govt. failed because it did not use more-inclusive IRV. This...
... The analysis ignores the fact that, had Iraq used a pure single-member district system (whether IRV or plurality), the same polarized legislature would...
Despite the way it seems (because mostly Democrats and third parties are for it) the left doesn't own this issue. IRV is not really a partisan issue. It...
This is why we must bring the matter to the people. It's a grassroots voter issue at heart. IRV must happen because voters-of-conscience demand it. Voters...
(What need could the maker & sustainer of this world have for one bit of it?) Ranked Ballot (RB) *PLUS* "Organized Communications" (OC) will bring us ...
Hi. Any Democrats for IRV in Oregon? We have a bill (HB 2761) to give cities and counties the power to institute IRV for their elections if they choose to....
Announcing FairVote's Upgrade Democracy video contest! Tell us what do you think ought to be done to improve elections by making a short video answering the...
I think that ranked voting, by whatever name, is the most important issue we have to deal with today. Global warming, blah, blah, if our candidate doesn't get...
I am sponsoring an IRV initiative to the people this year. The first draft is in the code revisors office now. I need to gather nearly 300,000 signatures....
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