IRV should be an issue in this race! Lots of IRV news is happening nationwide. Keep checking the linkpage for new links, and please add good links. ...
OK There are plenty of shirts in NY now, I would like to get a lof of these to Virginia and the local candidates so they can wear it in a photo-op endorsing...
Are there any plans in the works to introduce a bill for IRV in statewide elections? I'm willing to get involved in that. I'm a pretty good editorialist, and...
I wrote to Del. Lingamfelter about IRV and here is his response. Does anyone know of any good examples I can cite of Virginia elections that could have...
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William Redpath
wredpath@...
Aug 10, 2006 1:58 pm
Mr. Larson's question to Del. Lingamfelter may misstate the problem. What runoffs exist in Virginia? Where in Virginia is a majority winner mandated? Can...
I suppose it would help to determine the goals of the electoral system so that we can make an argument as to whether or not the plurality system "works fine"...
Richmond now has a Mayor at Large system. It seems very ripe for IRV. Charter; City of Richmond. Provides for the direct election of the mayor, beginning in...
Do you think, with the success of IRV in San Francisco and North Carolina, that this would be a good time to try to get a bill passed to implement IRV in...
What are some good examples of Virginia elections that could have benefited from IRV? E.g., was there a race where the third-party/independent candidate...
Yet another example of this not just being a Green issue- http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/08/19/dirty-tricks-in-oregon-lawyer-fights-to-boot-starrett/#comments...
Nathan Larson is someone who recently started corresponding with me about IRV. I believe he is a member of the Constitution Party. Nathan, please correct me if...
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....
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...
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...
Congratulations to Nathan for getting his letter published in the Times Dispatch this morning. Nathan's a member of the Constitution Party. Despite our...
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)...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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: ...
