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...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 17, 2006 12:27 am
Those sound like good ideas. Since there are several people here interested in contributing to the site, perhaps we should start a wiki. That way, everyone...
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Nathan Larson
nathanlarson...
Oct 17, 2006 5:05 pm
I am drafting a letter to Del. Barlow asking him to introduce an IRV bill. Would anyone care to make any suggestions (e.g. in reference to the content, style,...
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leesandw
Oct 17, 2006 8:32 pm
Nathan, I was unable to read your attachment on this computer, sorry. The politician may be focused on the media right now because it is election season....
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 17, 2006 9:15 pm
I have uploaded that Word file to the InstantRunoffVA Files section. I've been having technical difficulties the past few days trying to edit the site. I'll...
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Joshua Moore
fairvotejoshua
Oct 18, 2006 2:58 am
I added those links and did some background coding that should make site maintenance a little easier. There will be more to come....
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 18, 2006 12:31 pm
Thank you, Joshua, for your help. In reference to my earlier idea about having a board, as I understand it, the main purpose of an organization's board is to...
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leesandw
Oct 18, 2006 1:29 pm
Awesome webpage editing! Hopefully the other campaigns will add some of those links too. If you want to get an extra push in Virginia, the best time is right...
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Scott
burp35_2000
Oct 18, 2006 2:01 pm
I would like to be on the advisory committee. I am also hoping to find more people to help Nathan with the VIRV.org website. ... Thanks, Scott Burger...
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Joshua Moore
fairvotejoshua
Oct 18, 2006 2:37 pm
I'm willing to help in any way I can, but I don't have any experience with political activism other than showing up at the polls to vote. I have been working...
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bulmabriefs144
Oct 19, 2006 12:17 pm
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Joshua Moore
fairvotejoshua
Oct 19, 2006 3:31 pm
How does everyone feel about PhpWiki? http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/ Their normal site seems like it's down or something, and they don't have really great...
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Joshua Moore
fairvotejoshua
Oct 19, 2006 3:37 pm
I forgot to add that if you don't look at much else about PhpWiki, scroll to the bottom of: ...
