... 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...
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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
... --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...
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\ ...
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...
... 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...
... 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,...
... 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...
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...
Brad Friedman: The Department of Justice's Anti-trust division has determined that the purchase of Premier Election Solutions, Diebold Inc.'s recently renamed...
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...
Internet voting is being spread throughout Canadian municipalities and even to one province. In the US, the Federal Voting Assistance Program, a civilian...
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...
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...
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: ...
Interesting - they had Rep. Dianne Russel (formerly of FairVote) who admitted in writing that she faked a southern accent while doing voter education/exit...
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...
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...
... 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. ...
... 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
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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?...
Hallo, I recommend that we should propose the Schulze method: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method Burlington, Vermont, repealed IRV because it had...
