Hey everybody. Welcome to our local list for promoting and networking Instant Runoff Voting in our community. So far, we have three coordinators listed for...
I just wanted to welcome all the new people just signing up for this list and explain the purpose. This list is created to promote Instant Runoff Voting...
Just had a conversation with Mr. Robinson. I am seriously enthused about our local effort now. Here are the main points of the local ideas I have been toying...
For those of you new to the group, I am working on drafting the wording for a local charter amendment for the City of Sarasota. With a simple majority, the...
Tonight, I had the privelege of sitting down with commissioner Dan Bilyeu at the Libertarians of Sarasota weekly county meeting. It was not the first time i...
Here is the Power Point presentation i made to present IRV in local city elections. We have found one commissioner who will sponsor a 7 minute presentation...
Anthony, You asked me who(m) to contact at the League of Women voters, regarding their "Hot Topics" luncheons. Since the group has absolutely zero...
Verna Safran
verna325@...
Jul 27, 2004 3:00 pm
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Anthony, The cost of an at-large election is approximately $37,534. The City has 27 precincts which makes an election cost of $1,390 per precinct. The cost...
Should your effort fail, just run against them all on the single issue of preferentiality. After all, who rally want anything more than a square deal, except...
CIRV-FL supporters: Currently Citizens for Instant Runoff Voting in Florida (CIRV-FL) is revamping its strategy to focuss on a number of local city campaigns ...
Please Forward. To Join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SarasotaCIRV/Join Or send a blank email to: SarasotaCIRV-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Welcome to the...
ARTICLE VII. CHARTER REVISION Section 7.1 Petition, Ordinance, Legislature, Charter Review Board. Changes to this Charter may be proposed by (i) a petition,...
Hey all, We now have 26 people in our group and only 3 have filled in the database (contact list) so we can reach you. To do this is very simple. 1. Go to...
When I ran for union delegate to the national convention, I got four votes for every person I talked to. Anthony <cirv@...> wrote:CIRV-FL supporters: ...
Hey Anthony, do you have any recommendations on the amendments? or do you know where there is information about them? i'm trying to figure them out now and...
All, Re: Sarasota City Charter The last time I looked at the charter (admittedly in the mid 90's), I believe it set forth the means of conducting city...
You are correct Bill. I did not wish to censor Zoe's message, even though i agreed it has little if any bearing on IRV as we do need local candidates to...
The Recent Sheriff's race in Sarasota County demonstrates the need for majority elections and perhaps even removing the partisan nature of the Sheriff's race....
I received a letter back from Kathy Dent regarding IRV. She has stated that florida election laws mandate plurality elections. She stated she has some...
Mr. Bilyeu, I just wanted to send you a brief message to follow up on our discussion at the Sarasota Libertarians' meeting. I appreciate your willingness to ...
Good job, Anthony! ........But what are "plurality elections??? just let me know when you have a moment, thanks, namaste', Leslie Leslie, Plurality voting is...
handson4you@...
Sep 6, 2004 5:51 am
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Sorry, Lou Anne Palmer and Richard Martin are both Sarasota CITY commissioners, not county. My appologies for not clarifying this. The ally we have is Dan...
Plurality elections are required by the Florida Constitution. What it means is that the person with simply the most votes wins an election. In races with only...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the SarasotaCIRV group. File : /Please...
SarasotaCIRV@yahoogro...
Sep 7, 2004 1:24 am
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Anthony, I have missed some critical digests for some reason, nos. 18-21. I was able to find the pertinent emails on the group site, however. Since I did get...
Yes, you should get all the rest from now on. The group doesn't send you the old messages and we discussed how to ammend the charter previously. Either way,...
Dear Mr. Lorenzo: In response to your questions about Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), I would submit the following. F.S. 100.3605 states that the Florida ...
one more good reason not to use touch screen machines...what about finding a city/municipality that uses optical scan---like Gainesville? They have many...
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