Hello Antonio--- Inserting some responses: _________________________ In a message...
eleccity@...
May 3, 2001 12:49 am
1501
... This is a significant point and could form the basis for Americans to perceive and demand a new "right", i.e. right not to be governed by politicians who...
halva@...
May 3, 2001 4:52 am
1502
... I am referring to the resources ( human resources enclosed) that are necessary to implement it. For instance, I am not an useful resource to implement your...
Antonio Rossin
rossin@...
May 3, 2001 6:30 am
1503
The reason Proposition 19 in 1998 didn't correct some of the flaws, and was defeated 60-40% due to a $40 million scare advertising campaign financed by...
Jim Stewart
conferaction@...
May 4, 2001 3:29 am
1504
This restatement by Schroeder of ideas put forward last November by Cohn Bendit and Joschka Fischer only re-emphasises that the opportunity is there for direct...
halva@...
May 4, 2001 5:11 am
1505
Hi Wayne--- Happy to hear from you again after the Brian misunderstanding. I'm inserting some comments: ______________________________________ In a message...
eleccity@...
May 4, 2001 10:31 pm
1506
Hi Antonio--- Responses are inserted (I'm omitting as much of the previous discussion as I can for brevity). Also, subtle language problems continue, though,...
eleccity@...
May 5, 2001 11:30 pm
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... Hi Antonio--- (...) ... Dear John I do not know whether the public were unable to prevent it, or they were unwilling to take up political responsibility on...
Antonio Rossin
rossin@...
May 6, 2001 9:57 pm
1508
Hi Antonio--- Inserting some comments: _____________________________________ In a message dated 5/6/01 2:58:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rossin@... ... ...
eleccity@...
May 8, 2001 3:09 am
1509
We have just had a very interesting weekend in Athens. The Pope has been visiting us here in Greece,the first papal visit to these parts since the great...
halva@...
May 8, 2001 9:06 am
1510
Thanks Todd, but 12,388 voters did NOT choose to abstain from the election Sure you can see nothing deceptive about those words - we are not meant to! Thats...
Jim Stewart
conferaction@...
May 8, 2001 9:23 am
1511
The mass-circulation Greek newspapers have been picking up on Bourdieu's proposal of a European citizens' forum in Athens. There was a two-page spread...
halva@...
May 8, 2001 9:08 pm
1512
eleccity@...
May 8, 2001 10:58 pm
1513
Stephen, and I am very interested in NZ STV plans As I wrote in an earlier DDF message our cause was effectively taken up in November 2000 by Australian Chief...
Jim Stewart
conferaction@...
May 9, 2001 8:57 am
1514
Hi Wayne--- OK. Didn't want you to get to San Diego and be shocked. Locals feel the considerable presence of the military makes the place very conservative. ...
eleccity@...
May 9, 2001 6:49 pm
1515
Suppose we have a government which is run entirely by one or more EDD's. If we require an absolute majority (of everyone eligable to vote) on every piece of...
Barnaby Dawson
barnabydawson@...
May 9, 2001 8:19 pm
1516
How would STV have solved the US election problems? Bush and Gore each got about 50 million votes in a country with 270 million. Didn't the majority of the...
eleccity@...
May 9, 2001 10:52 pm
1517
In yesterday's conversation with Antonio, the matter of government information available on the Internet was mentioned. He felt the US was fortunate to have...
eleccity@...
May 9, 2001 11:11 pm
1518
Hi Barnaby--- Inserting some comments: _____________________________________ In a message dated 5/9/01 2:38:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... +++I'd suggest...
eleccity@...
May 9, 2001 11:18 pm
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10.5.2001 Dear Barnaby, Millions of people make millions of decisions daily, and all are summed up in seconds into a single sum appearing on VDUs. Where ? in...
Aki Orr
aki_orr@...
May 10, 2001 12:16 am
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Sampling is where a random cross-section of the populace is selected to make a decision by vote. This technique could be used to filter out proposals very few...
Barnaby Dawson
barnabydawson@...
May 13, 2001 3:10 pm
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14.5.2001 Dear Barnaby, I didn't quite understand how your sampling works. On the whole it seems to me too early to work out technical details of voting right...
Aki Orr
aki_orr@...
May 13, 2001 10:16 pm
1522
Quite right, Barnaby--- In EDD, polling could be done initially after citizens had a change to review expert benefit-cost analyses and discuss the options...
eleccity@...
May 14, 2001 5:57 pm
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16.5.2001 Hi John, Barnaby, I have my doubts about "random cross-section of the populace is selected to make a decision by voting" . Why not allow every...
Aki Orr
aki_orr@...
May 15, 2001 10:19 pm
1524
Mr. Vasil Turpokovski had been a member for Macedonia of the last Yugoslav collective Presidency and afterwards lived in the United States. He suddenly went...
halva@...
May 16, 2001 4:47 am
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Hi Aki--- In my mind sampling would only be an expedient that the people might use to save money over a full E- vote. They might accept implementation of a ...
eleccity@...
May 16, 2001 10:41 pm
1526
... Some technique of this sort is necessary if the EDD is to make many decisions. Personally I think that sampling of this kind shouldn't be part of the...
Barnaby Dawson
barnabydawson@...
May 17, 2001 7:24 am
1527
Doug Everingham is putting up some good stuff on the cicdd site. I remember him. He was, if I am not mistaken, the Minister for Health in the 1972-75 Labour...
halva@...
May 21, 2001 4:39 am
1528
Ian Green, why don't you establish contact with Everingham and let him know that we exist too? Or does he know?...
halva@...
May 21, 2001 4:44 am
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I did some surfing and came up with this on Doug Everingham. I also note that D.E. has engaged in the standard dialogue of the deaf that everyone goes through...
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