Not *could* but *will* --- as in the past 212 years (also affects the state legislature gerrymanders--- for the past 224 years). Duh !!!! Standard no ...
Demorep1@...
Apr 17, 2000 7:34 pm
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Does anyone here know how the current members of the bylaws and platform committees feel about proportional representation? Heard anything about it from the...
Nathaniel Krause
nkrause@...
Apr 18, 2000 9:09 pm
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... I am a member of the Bylaws Committee, which would handle the rules on officer and national committee and judicial committee votes. The bylaws state that...
Bruce Baechler
baechler@...
Apr 19, 2000 2:54 am
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A more accurate and complex p.r. method for legislative bodies (generally requiring computer voting) to get both indirect majority rule and minority ...
Demorep1@...
Apr 19, 2000 4:28 am
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Mr. Baechler wrote in part- I am a member of the Bylaws Committee, which would handle the rules on officer and national committee and judicial committee votes....
Demorep1@...
Apr 19, 2000 5:09 am
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/prlib.htm has lots of info about proportional representation for those who are ignorant on the subject (which I have...
Demorep1@...
Apr 19, 2000 5:20 am
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... This may very well be the case, and I think it is the case, but it is not the Bylaws Committee's function to do anything about it. The Bylaws Committee is...
Bruce Baechler
baechler@...
Apr 19, 2000 4:30 pm
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... If it is the case, then the LP should try to find out what it's doing wrong. Single-winner reform should be sufficient to allow the LP to win at least a...
Bart Ingles
bartman@...
Apr 19, 2000 5:04 pm
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... Your comments are very informative and are appreciated. I think it will do everyone on this list well to consider serving on the bylaws committee in 2002,...
Nathaniel Krause
nkrause@...
Apr 19, 2000 6:39 pm
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... The Bylaws Committee only deals with internal stuff. Look in the party's bylaws. If it is there, then the Bylaws Committee deals with it. If you want to...
Bruce Baechler
baechler@...
Apr 19, 2000 7:14 pm
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Sorry -- I didn't intend to dispute the Bylaws Committee's function. I was only speaking to the general issue of what constitutes either a Libertarian or...
Bart Ingles
bartman@...
Apr 19, 2000 7:29 pm
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The LP cannot rationally complain about the effects of the indirect minority rule gerrymanders for electing each house of the U.S. Congress and each State ...
Demorep1@...
Apr 19, 2000 10:45 pm
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2000 April 19, 5:30pm FR: Robert Hill TO: LibPR@onelist.com RE: LP Convention action(s) on PropRep in Anaheim ... "The LP cannot rationally complain about...
Rob Hill
z5000usa@...
Apr 20, 2000 12:41 am
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The U.S. gerrymander general election math is in paragraph 1 (much worse in primaries). Folks interested in a copy of the proposal may ask me for a copy. ......
Demorep1@...
Apr 20, 2000 1:12 am
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... While I think it will need at least two years of working to promote it among the grassroots, I think this is workable. As I understand it the DNC and RNC...
Bruce Baechler
baechler@...
Apr 20, 2000 3:18 am
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I've noticed that there are some arguments for more democracy. Democracy is fine, but there are situations where you don't want plain democracy. For example,...
Bruce Baechler
baechler@...
Apr 20, 2000 3:18 am
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Mr. Baechler wrote in part- Democracy is only one value to be maintained in an electoral system. Maintaining the system itself is another, and sometimes what...
Demorep1@...
Apr 20, 2000 4:50 am
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When you propose "direct non partisan elections" I hope you have in mind choice voting (instant run off voting). If so, needs to be said, since most voters...
JanetRAnderson
JanetRAnderson@...
Apr 20, 2000 7:31 pm
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Ms. Anderson wrote- When you propose "direct non partisan elections" I hope you have in mind choice voting (instant run off voting). If so, needs to be said,...
Demorep1@...
Apr 20, 2000 11:41 pm
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... No, actually "democracy" means rule by the people. There are several forms of democracy. Majority vote is one, but it is by no means the only one....
Bruce Baechler
baechler@...
Apr 20, 2000 11:48 pm
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There are a number of ways of handling elections between three or more candidates, of which instant runoff is a fairly antiquated and mediocre example. ...
Bart Ingles
bartman@...
Apr 21, 2000 2:01 am
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http://www.lp.org/bylaws/cr10.html My comments in brackets []. Libertarian Party Convention Rules RULE 10: ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND NATIONAL COMMITTEE 1....
Demorep1@...
Apr 21, 2000 2:48 am
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The 1998 LP Platform has the below at http://www.lp.org/platform/el.html [Part III, Sec. 15] I have added my comments in brackets []. ELECTION LAWS We call...
Demorep1@...
Apr 21, 2000 2:48 am
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... No, this is actual runoffs, not instant runoff. There are separate ballots held each time. Instant runoff is where we would vote once, ranking the...
Bruce Baechler
baechler@...
Apr 21, 2000 5:09 am
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Extremist D/R nonincumbent candidates are chosen in the D/R primaries who later get elected. The remedy is to abolish primaries and have proportional...
Demorep1@...
Apr 23, 2000 8:21 pm
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http://www.fec.gov/elections.html has the 1996 and 1998 primary and general election minority rule gerrymander results for U.S. Congress and U.S. President...
Demorep1@...
Apr 24, 2000 7:34 pm
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Hi all-- My apologies for coming late to the party. I have scanned the discussion on this listserv and have heard before from the ever-anonymous and prolific...
freecali@...
May 2, 2000 6:27 am
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In a message dated 5/2/00 2:28:11 AM, Mr. Rob Latham wrote: <<I have scanned the discussion on this listserv and have heard before from the ever-anonymous and...
Demorep1@...
May 2, 2000 7:29 am
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The American Reform Party Platform has the below in part at http://www.americanreform.org/platnat.html ... Elections/Electoral Reforms •States must grant...
Demorep1@...
May 4, 2000 2:05 am
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My husband and I will be there. Jim and LaDonna Higgins St. Louis, MO...
