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12588
Range/Score Voting Outreach Posted By: “Bernard B Carman” <Bbc@...> Infinitybbc Date: Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:45 Pm ((Pst)) ... Professor Warren...
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Nov 13, 2009
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12589
¡Silly me! ¡I forgot the link¡: http://rangevoting.org/Why99.html...
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projectrosemary
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Nov 13, 2009
4:02 am
12590
Folks! I look at all of the posts on the combined ESF and Rangevoting discussion groups, and I see a lot of bright and passionate people with lots of great...
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Nov 13, 2009
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12591
... yes, that's what i thought. i just didn't mention the small number case, because i thought it went without saying. thanks for confirming....
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Nov 13, 2009
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12592
I'm going to centralize this thread in the ESF group on Google Groups. It's electionsciencefoundation one big word. :) I'm going to hold a score voting poll to...
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Nov 13, 2009
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12593
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:59 PM, brokenladdercalendar < ... Suppose you are one of a group that has 60% of the voters in a 3-member district. If all of you...
Bruce Gilson
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Nov 13, 2009
3:29 pm
12594
... The issue here is that we are talking past each other :). If there are 3 candidates and you expect the results to be around D1: 31 D2: 29 R1: 28 R2: 12 and...
Raph Frank
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Nov 13, 2009
7:45 pm
12595
Bruce, You keep failing to understand the tragedy of the commons, aka "prisoners' dilemma". You are acting as if the strategy that is best for the group is...
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Nov 13, 2009
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12596
... Yes! ... So what? ... No, you might as well vote for D2, since you are voting as an individual not as a party....
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Nov 13, 2009
9:12 pm
12597
... Careful now! You'll scare off the libertarians, and any pro-third-party voting reform is probably going to need their help. (Actually, I guess that's a...
Dale Sheldon
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Nov 13, 2009
9:17 pm
12598
Hah! Very good point. :) Milton Friedman would approve....
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Nov 14, 2009
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12599
Seems like some make more of this vote than it deserves. What I see is: Some Yes Some No Some not voting (these could be counted because there was a known...
Dave Ketchum
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Nov 14, 2009
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:07 PM, brokenladdercalendar < ... In most elections (at least most partisan elections), what I as an individual want is to maximize...
Bruce Gilson
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Nov 14, 2009
2:28 pm
12601
Hi Warren, This is Matt from the Built on Facts blog. I've been a big fan of your proposal for a while, and I hope one day it sees implementation. There's no...
WarrenS
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Nov 14, 2009
5:25 pm
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It seemed to me suspicious that Hoffman had conceded, and CNN had projected Owens as the winner, based on (apparently) only 92% of the vote in a pretty close...
WarrenS
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Nov 14, 2009
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... If Owens was actually sworn in, and Hoffman is found to win the vote, what would be done? Probably not much, because the Dems control the House, and "each...
Bruce Gilson
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Nov 14, 2009
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12604
Why aren't range voting advocates doing similar things (that is, helping towns implement range voting)?...
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Nov 14, 2009
7:42 pm
12605
There may be more to it than just that - FairVote seems to have "relationships" with voting machine companies. And they get lots of money from who knows where....
Chris Telesca
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Nov 14, 2009
7:55 pm
12606
... We're on the verge of doing this. Historically we have had too little membership and interest, but I think we're upon a tipping point. We need to get...
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Nov 14, 2009
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... But there's nothing you can do to cause that. You need the OTHER voters to do what is required to cause that. But for YOU, a single individual voter, the...
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Nov 14, 2009
9:27 pm
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... --he was. ... --well, if Owens tried to stay, there'd probably be a court fight, which'd probably last until the end of Owens' term anyhow... at which...
WarrenS
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Nov 14, 2009
9:34 pm
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(Cross-post from ESF Google Group) Once we begin our Steering Committee elections (which should happen once we decide which voting method to use, which should...
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Nov 14, 2009
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12610
* RESULTS THUS FAR * Well, first let me explain why I'm posting these. It COULD lead to tactical voting, but it also will have the "runoff" effect, that people...
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Nov 14, 2009
9:48 pm
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I assume he means split the US into 48 parts? I ran the program with the following results: Max: 5814856 Min: 5809344 Anyway, I have uploaded the file to the...
Raph Frank
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Nov 14, 2009
11:09 pm
12612
... Not offering cash, very tight here. But I have formed nonprofits before, it can be done very cheaply, you don't need a lawyer and you can follow the forms...
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
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Nov 14, 2009
11:49 pm
12613
... Don't be misled. "Small number of voters" can be equivalent to "Small number of interest groups," and, more accurately, with cumulative voting and good...
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
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12614
... But we have questions like "which state to incorporate in", which need professional answers. ... I'm not saying the incorporating is the only expense our...
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12615
... It's true that if you all vote for one, all votes, your 60% group will only get 33% of the seats. You have, for your 60% of members, 60% of the total...
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
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12616
... This is a kind of interesting story (from November 12). http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091112/BLOGS09/911129996 Be sure to read the paragraph...
jimrtex4192
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12617
... The State Board of Elections told the Clerk of the House that the results had not been certified (NY starting with this election allows overseas voters,...
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