The thing to understand is that parties are practically irrelevant using IRV. That's why party leaders often prefer PR to IRV. But that's what MOST people...
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nathanlarson...
Oct 31, 2006 5:15 pm
That's an interesting view that plurality politics enabled America's dominance. I always thought it was our free market economic system. Europe's economy is...
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nathanlarson...
Oct 31, 2006 7:41 pm
Clay Shentrup posted some messages in support of his "range voting" idea, in which voters would score each candidate on a scale of 0-10; the scores for each...
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nathanlarson...
Oct 31, 2006 9:09 pm
I sent this today. Most of the language is borrowed from our website and various LTEs. ... Dear Senator Potts: As President of Virginians for Instant Runoff...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 31, 2006 11:26 pm
I went ahead and sent emails to student leaders at about half of the schools on the list I sent out earlier. But I was unable to find contact info for the...
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leesandw
Oct 31, 2006 11:37 pm
(more like broken morals!) This list has been harassed by a morally deficient anti-IRV spammer. There is a long history of spammers posting to IRv campaigns...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Oct 31, 2006 11:46 pm
Good news, the University of Mary Washington student government may be discussing IRV at tomorrow night's meeting! Does anyone know any UMW students who could...
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nathanlarson...
Nov 1, 2006 6:17 pm
Well, my friend Patrick Quinn, who was an IRV activist for awhile with the Virginia Greens, told me I should just keep bombarding people with IRV-related...
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nathanlarson...
Nov 1, 2006 7:21 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot that towns, cities, and counties can't use IRV until the Virginia Code is changed. OK so that eliminates a lot of the people I was thinking...
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leesandw
Nov 1, 2006 9:56 pm
I wonder how Patrick decided on that strategy. IMHO, few politicians will do anything about an issue until they think: 1- that there is is a local base of...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Nov 1, 2006 10:27 pm
Is there anyone in or near the Fauquier area who would be interested in collaborating on this project (setting up a local info meeting)? If someone in a nearby...
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leesandw
Nov 1, 2006 10:58 pm
The rallies & events I helped with were usually organized around some other big event like a hearing or council meeting. Next week's election could be good...
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Scott
burp35_2000
Nov 2, 2006 3:53 pm
I have sent emails to my state reps- Lambert and McClellan. I have successfully enacted IRV for officers elections for my neighborhood association. I would...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Nov 2, 2006 8:42 pm
In an effort to build bridges to the range voting advocates, I went ahead and issued this endorsement. I think that we should at least give Condorcet,...
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leesandw
Nov 3, 2006 12:28 am
Nathan, Are you on the VIRV list? It has been getting a lot of anti-IRV spam too, with responses. These spammers have nothing practical to say besides: 1-...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Nov 3, 2006 3:17 pm
Anything sent to virv@... goes to the leaders of InstantRunoffVA. The idea was that people submitting petition signatures or comments through the website...
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nathanlarson...
Nov 3, 2006 3:47 pm
Given that it seems like that our IRV activity over the next few months may be centered around organizing and gathering support rather than pushing legislative...
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nathanlarson...
Nov 3, 2006 10:37 pm
It would appear that approval voting is illegal under the Virginia Code. So much for experimenting with that system. ... § 24.2-663. When ballot void. If a...
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nathanlarson...
Nov 7, 2006 2:00 am
Since we don't have a wiki yet, I went ahead and posted an article on Electorama with a section on how to implement IRV (and other alternate voting methods) in...
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Scott
burp35_2000
Nov 7, 2006 2:04 pm
The International IDEA Handbook of Electoral System Design (www.upd.oas.org/lab/Documents/fiapp/ld_eh1_01_97_eng.pdf) By the way, for multi-position elections...
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nathanlarson...
Nov 7, 2006 2:35 pm
What's a good news channel or website to watch this evening, to find out the results of the four IRV initiatives (Minneapolis, Pierce County, Davis, and...
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nathanlarson3141
nathanlarson...
Nov 7, 2006 11:20 pm
Loretta Simonson has an article in the Fourth Quarter 2006 issue of National Parliamentarian called "Electronic Voting in Small and Large Assemblies". She...
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Scott
burp35_2000
Nov 20, 2006 7:06 pm
Is there an official GPVA statement on this? Thanks, Scott from http://westofshockoe.blogspot.com/2006/11/virginia-election-moves-us-closer-to.html Virginia...
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Kevin
burnsk2003
Aug 2, 2007 2:19 pm
Check this out! A movement to recruit the best Democratic Party ticket for the 2008 General election. Visit the Wildcard at...
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grgwrzbcki
Aug 2, 2007 2:20 pm
I've been a member of this group for several months and have yet to notice any activity. Is the group defunct, or is there nothing going on with regards to...
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fairvoteliz
Aug 2, 2007 2:21 pm
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...
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Ryan ODonnell
irvatfairvote
Oct 26, 2007 11:01 pm
Hi Folks, FairVote and other organizations are sponsoring the upcoming Claim Democracy Conference, November 9-11 in Washington, DC. Leaders from around the...
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leesandw
Oct 12, 2009 10:19 pm
I wish I was in Virginia. It will be relatively easy for any virginia activist to get national attention to IRV by pushing the candidates now. Because NY and...
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leesandw
Oct 12, 2009 10:31 pm
I was thinking than an amendment should be proposed promising IRV/alternative vote. What this needs: People in VA must agree to submit letters-to-editors of...
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leesandw
Sep 8, 2011 2:04 pm
1: With lots of help, we finally have a free IRV "survey" site with the some features to make it easier to use so that more people will vote in multiple...
