Here is a letter I wrote to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Please let me know if you have any suggestions about how to explain/pitch IRV more effectively....
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Sep 24, 2006 3:24 am
It seems like the Green Party is the only third party whose platform endorses IRV. (See http://www.greenparty.org/Platform.php#3 ) If anyone gets a chance to...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Sep 24, 2006 7:43 pm
Would any amendments to the Code of Virginia be necessary in order to implement IRV in Richmond or other towns, cities, or counties? I was thinking that it...
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Scott
burp35_2000
Sep 26, 2006 11:36 am
Congratulations to Nathan for getting his letter published in the Times Dispatch this morning. Nathan's a member of the Constitution Party. Despite our...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Sep 26, 2006 5:14 pm
In answer to my earlier question, Rashad Robinson's "Fair Elections and the Commonwealth of Virginia: A Project of the Center for Voting and Democracy" (2003)...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Sep 27, 2006 12:00 am
FairVote's Rob Richie said that North Carolina's IRV law would be a good model for Virginia (although he recommended a winning threshold of 50% rather than...
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Scott
burp35_2000
Sep 27, 2006 12:43 pm
From: Scott <scottburger@...> To: Jennifer McClellan <DelJMcClellan@...>, Benjamin Lambert <district09@...> Cc:...
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Sherry Stanley
sherryastanley
Sep 28, 2006 12:27 am
Nathan, Vince Calahan (I think the name is right) is the best person in the General Assembly to approach re ballot and voting issues. He's been instrumental...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Sep 28, 2006 3:00 am
Perhaps it's time to form a statewide organization. Ideally, we should get activists in these friendly legislators' districts to ask them to sponsor our bill....
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Sep 28, 2006 4:31 am
I think it would be good to push for implementing Instant Runoff Voting in George Mason University student elections. This is one of the few possibilities we...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Sep 28, 2006 5:19 am
Based on my experience as a GMU Student Senator in 2002, here is the process for how we could get IRV implemented at George Mason University. There are...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Sep 28, 2006 6:06 am
We'll probably want to be thinking of how we can expand our circle of supporters. Getting people to understand IRV has always been one of the main hurdles....
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 2, 2006 12:52 am
I thought it would be good to set goals for the new organization, Virginians for Instant Runoff Voting. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Some...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 2, 2006 2:14 am
I went ahead and registered http://www.virv.org/ , which will be the future website of Virginians for Instant Runoff Voting. Due to the difficulties and steep...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 4, 2006 3:00 am
Do we know any pro-IRV constituents in Vince Callahan's, John Edward's, or Russ Potts' districts who would be willing to contact them in reference to IRV? If...
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William Redpath
wredpath@...
Oct 5, 2006 9:51 pm
Nathan: There used to be a Election Laws plank in the Libertarian Party platform that endorsed IRV and PR, but it was removed (along with about 2/3 of the...
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Dan Johnson-Weinberger
instantrunoff
Oct 7, 2006 4:53 am
Great news -- the best site ever created for Virginia advocates of IRV is up and running. I'd encourage everyone to sign up. ... <nathanlarson3141@...> wrote: ...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 8, 2006 4:11 pm
The Virginia Online Legislature is a great resource for staying abreast of new election-related bills. If you go to http://leg1.state.va.us/ , it will default...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 8, 2006 6:24 pm
In 2004, the House Privileges & Elections Committee unanimously tabled (killed) HB 956, Del. William K. Barlow's IRV bill. ...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 13, 2006 5:43 pm
Good afternoon Mr. Sorgini, As a former GMU Student Senator, I would like to encourage the GMU Student Government to consider adopting Instant Runoff Voting...
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IRV Alliance
irvalliance
Oct 13, 2006 7:34 pm
1- This month (weekend!) The most effective thing any of us can do is to send letters to editors of local papers and the nyt. a- ie. just a paragraph asking...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 15, 2006 5:44 pm
Here's my letter of support, which I sent to the Potomac News. ... Editor: This election day, 1.5 million voters in Minneapolis (MN), Pierce County (WA), Davis...
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Joshua Moore
fairvotejoshua
Oct 16, 2006 5:00 pm
I just saw this. Let's try to stay on topic, fellow. ... [truncated]...
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fairvotejoshua
Oct 16, 2006 5:58 pm
Are you still looking for help/advice with the VIRV website? As far as advice goes, I think it's got a pretty good start, but maybe it could be organized a...
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fairvotejoshua
Oct 16, 2006 6:05 pm
I noticed the original message made it to my email but not to the group. Do we have someone actively moderating this group? Along those lines, is there a...
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Nathan Larson
nathanlarson...
Oct 16, 2006 9:25 pm
I deleted the message because it was unrelated to IRV. I have changed the archive settings to allow anyone to read them. I see no reason to keep them private;...
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Mark Coletti
piprrr
Oct 16, 2006 9:56 pm
... Thank you. Would anyone have an objection to changing the settings to have active ... I think having a moderator to filter out messages unrelated IRV would...
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Joshua
fairvotejoshua
Oct 16, 2006 10:31 pm
I suppose the best decision here depends on whether we have someone available to moderate. ... see no ... look at ... downside is ... ...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 16, 2006 11:29 pm
I have set it to moderate new members. That should take care of the bulk of the spam, while minimizing the inconvenience to those who have demonstrated...
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leesandw
Oct 16, 2006 11:56 pm
1st of all, you can ask Dan Johnson Weinberger to make it moderated. I don't think that the other moderaters can change that. It actually doesn't have to slow...
