Folks, In an article published on www.thetyee.com on March 3 (see below), Kevin Potkin argues that STV using smaller district magnitudes in rural areas and ...
Here are snippets from Barney Rehm 5/19/05. --BR A well-designed, at-large, proxy system is the only system that could accurately be described as fully...
There's some truth to his analysis, but I suspect he overstates its impact relative to the already existing bias of urban concentration of votes. In an ideal...
In a message dated 02/07/2005 19:14:46 GMT Standard Time, Bob Richard writes: Folks, In an article published on www.thetyee.com on March 3 (see below), Kevin...
... its ... concentration of ... I think Rob is right - this case is very easy to overstate. There is understandable concern about rural/urban bias,...
... I'm not out to criticize, but this is a question that frequently comes up. So for the benefit of anyone who may need to do it, here's how to change your...
I have a couple unrelated questions: What's the story behind the 1967 federal law that mandated single-member districts (why was it introduced and passed), and...
... It was definitely voting-rights related, to prevent states from switching to at-large elections to suppress minority representation. Back in 1997 I...
There's a long paper on the history of the single member district requirement by Nic Flores on our website (old format, but comes up in search engine). Chris...
I'm disappointed to see that the ABA proposal mentions nothing about IRV or proportional representation. Any electoral reformer in Chicago with free time on...
To whom it may concern: I've added a few features to DemoChoice over the course of the summer that Voice4Allers may be interested in: (1) Simulations of San...
... I favor an ambush strategy for at least 10 years. Find one town that just lost a mayor to prison. Find one town government that's going bankrupt,...
FYI, a few weeks ago I found the raw data for UC Berkeley's last 5 student government elections posted on the web: http://election.asuc.org/ I don't think they...
Major stories from both British Columbia and Prince Edward Island (see below). Also, FairVote Canada reports that the provincial government in Ontario appears...
I just found out something unusual about how UC Berkeley conducts their choice voting elections. Basically, they do the count in a room and allow candidates...
Hi, Dave R. asked me if anyone has put the UC Berkeley data in a nicer form. I went ahead and did that: http://davischoicevoting.org/ftp/ucberkeley/ This data...
Happy Halloween How does IRV have anything to do with Halloween? It's the antidote to Scary Voting.. 3rd Party Candidates got you spooked? 2 Party duopoly...
Cathy Gilbert
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Oct 31, 2005 7:29 pm
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Folks, First, my apologies to those of you who are on more than one of these mailing lists and are therefore getting duplicates. If you direct your reponses...
... (STV) ... hand. The NI STV rules use the Gregory Method (simple Gregory Method) that calculates fractional transfer values as opposed to the integer ...
Proportional voting is on the ballot again in Canada, this time in the Atlantic seaboard province of Prince Edward Island. This campaign has not been getting...
UC Davis tallied their 5th choice voting election today. Results are posted here: https://elections.ucdavis.edu/ There were 2145 voters and 13 candidates for 6...
Bruce McPherson, the Schwarzenegger-installed Secretary of State of California, is about to take away our votes and our voice. Please speak up. In person, if...
For election night data junkies, the PEI results are now being posted here: http://www.electionspei.ca/plebiscites/pr/results/detailed/index.php The news is...
*Voice4All Folks -- Please see the new proportional voting pages at FairVote*; and if you haven't done so already, please join our NEW proportionalvoting...
Greetings, on this list serve, I think, most feel that PR is best because it offers the most representation; i.e. approaching direct democracy. Do we know...
... The only groups we have much information about (that I know of) are academics, reformers, and some politicians. We do know a few snippets, for example...
Good discussion. Thanks, Bob for the great list of references below. I would have to add "Real Choices, New Voices" by Doug Amy as a great all-around text...
... True. Though in the U.S., much of the apathy toward political parties is a result of *lax* party dicipline and *lax* policy. *I* would certainly rather...
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