... In 1998, Howard Dean (D) defeated Ruth Dwyer (R) 55.6% to 41.1%. In 2000, Anthony Pollina (P) also entered the race, and the results was Dean 50.4%, Dwyer...
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WarrenS
warren_d_smi...
Mar 3, 2010 11:18 pm
By 52 to 48% in referendum. Will FairVote now reconsider IRV and instead push better voting systems?...
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Chris Telesca
cjtelesca
Mar 3, 2010 11:23 pm
No they won't. But I'd be willing to bet anything they use Bob Kiss' claim about the win coming from a small number of wards and the promise to revisit this at...
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jackrudd
Mar 3, 2010 11:32 pm
... Despite the skill I achieved in doing so as a trumpeter, I don't think I'll be holding my breath. -- Jack Rudd...
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WarrenS
warren_d_smi...
Mar 4, 2010 10:27 am
by 52% to 48% vote in referendum. Returned to old system with genuine runoff, but with 40% as threshold. Is this a "victory"? Well, I guess. I can't say I'm...
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Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
abdlomax
Mar 4, 2010 4:26 pm
... This is what I've been warning about for years. By pushing IRV, and especially by pushing it against top-two runoff, FairVote is not advancing the cause of...
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Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
abdlomax
Mar 4, 2010 4:44 pm
... Don't worry about FairVote. Go after their supporters. Not as enemies. As potential supporters of real reform. Keep up the pressure, the efforts, to inform...
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Joyce McCloy
ncverifiable...
Mar 4, 2010 7:52 pm
I believe that FairVote has discredited themselves in the eyes of those who've believed FairVote's claims about IRV and then learned the reality. Especially in...
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WarrenS
warren_d_smi...
Mar 4, 2010 10:08 pm
... --not really. A 52-48 defeat is not huge. And Burlington is a comparatively small city. Nevertheless, this should be a warning sign and might presage...
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Joyce McCloy
ncverifiable...
Mar 5, 2010 3:14 am
Your chance to get comment easily posted to NY Times article where it will get seen. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/an-economists-view-of-t\ ...
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Joyce McCloy
ncverifiable...
Mar 5, 2010 5:37 am
Warren, the reason I say that FairVote was discredited in Burlington is because FairVote is seen as the key force behind IRV and voters have learned the hard...
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jimrtex4192
Mar 5, 2010 6:23 am
... This is Burlington's dirty secret, 3/7 of the votes are cast in 2 wards, and 2/7 are cast in 3 wards. The only time this changes is for presidential...
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Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
abdlomax
Mar 6, 2010 1:59 am
... Runoff Voting suffers from center squeeze, of course. That's why an advanced voting system should be used in the primary. Theoretically, IRV could be used,...
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Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
abdlomax
Mar 6, 2010 2:08 am
... What's been blown out of the water is the claim that IRV is very popular. It's true that the margin of victory here is small, but, remember, FairVote is...
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WarrenS
warren_d_smi...
Mar 8, 2010 9:54 pm
Legal brief filed in court saying so, is here: http://rangevoting.org/Plaintiff-SF-RCV-Prelim-Inj.pdf I think it's a pretty good legal brief (for a refreshing...
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WarrenS
warren_d_smi...
Mar 9, 2010 4:43 pm
Brad Friedman: The Department of Justice's Anti-trust division has determined that the purchase of Premier Election Solutions, Diebold Inc.'s recently renamed...
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WarrenS
warren_d_smi...
Mar 9, 2010 5:01 pm
You may recall the ACORN prostitution/pimp/videotape scandal which was one of the top inspirations for the rapid passage thru congress of the "defund ACORN...
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Joyce McCloy
ncverifiable...
Mar 9, 2010 6:45 pm
Internet voting is being spread throughout Canadian municipalities and even to one province. In the US, the Federal Voting Assistance Program, a civilian...
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Stephen Unger
steve.unger
Mar 9, 2010 7:08 pm
The following letter appeared in today's NY Times. Voting-Machine Flaws and Paper Ballots Published: March 8, 2010 To the Editor: Published: March 8, 2010 To...
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an.octopus
Mar 10, 2010 11:15 pm
By Ryan Grim at the Huffington Post <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/10/democrats-to-upend-senior_n_49\ 3812.html> Senate Democrats intend to elect the...
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WarrenS
warren_d_smi...
Mar 13, 2010 1:36 am
http://www.downeast.com/the-tipping-point/2010/march/portlands-experiment this could be an opportunity to get a good system...
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Markus Schulze
qgktuzpl
Mar 13, 2010 9:50 am
Hallo, here are the minutes of that session of the Portland Charter Commission where it decided to run a referendum on whether IRV should be adopted: ...
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Chris Telesca
cjtelesca
Mar 13, 2010 10:24 am
Interesting - they had Rep. Dianne Russel (formerly of FairVote) who admitted in writing that she faked a southern accent while doing voter education/exit...
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Stephen Unger
steve.unger
Mar 13, 2010 4:46 pm
We have had a lot of interesting discussions about a great variety of voting systems, many of a quite sophisticated nature. There are, among us, strong...
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Jameson Quinn
homunq
Mar 13, 2010 5:47 pm
2010/3/13 Stephen Unger <unger@...> ... there's an even better system which obeys points 1-4: two-rank, equality-allowed Bucklin, with runoffs for...
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an.octopus
Mar 13, 2010 6:03 pm
I've actually been doing this a little. When I message people or make the case for better reform, I sometimes advocate solely for AV, and sometimes advocate...
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Bruce Gilson
brg1942
Mar 13, 2010 6:13 pm
... Well, for the reason I just gave a post ago, I disagree that the two are very similar. Your MCV is, to me, supportable, while straight Approval is not. ...
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Bruce Gilson
brg1942
Mar 13, 2010 6:13 pm
... Not all of us agree on this. While IRV has serious defects and the Burlington 2009 mayoralty election has brought them out in spades, AV (unless there is a...
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Raph Frank
raphfrk@...
Mar 13, 2010 6:30 pm
... How would you work out the winner? Would it be the person with the highest Yes votes divided by No votes?...
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Markus Schulze
qgktuzpl
Mar 13, 2010 6:54 pm
Hallo, I recommend that we should propose the Schulze method: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method Burlington, Vermont, repealed IRV because it had...
