something interactive in Spanish could be a hit in LA....
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Robert Loring
lorin_2u
Aug 8, 2012 4:26 am
Two people have translated the Accurate Democracy Primer into Spanish. It concisely illustrates IRV, STV and more uses of transferable votes. The second ...
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Adam Friedman
amfriedman...
Aug 8, 2012 4:27 am
I am overjoyed. This is the most succinct, clear, and practical IRV presentation I think I've ever seen in an online video. I'll be spreading this around. ...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Aug 20, 2012 1:17 am
Grounded in the work of FairVote Minnesota, Minnesota keeps building support for expansion of ranked choice voting (instant runoff) beyond its current use in...
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Jeffrey O'Neill
kekitogordo
Sep 16, 2012 2:42 am
OpenSTV 2.1.0 is now available for download<http://www.openstv.org/download>! As most of my work in the last year has been on improving OpaVote, there are not...
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Jeffrey O'Neill
kekitogordo
Oct 15, 2012 11:19 pm
I've created a Facebook version of OpaVote to help spread the word about ranked-choice voting. Try out this poll for U.S. President with third-party candidates...
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Robert Richie
cvdusa
Oct 15, 2012 11:31 pm
Folks, Below is a blogpost I wrote about the four cities holding important ranked choice voting elections (without the links - click on the link for the story...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Oct 20, 2012 10:12 pm
FYI. Below were two pickups. If you hear of one, please let me know. Thanks! Rob Richie ########## ...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Oct 23, 2012 9:25 pm
Folks, Larry King will be moderating the Free and Equal debate among four presidential candidates: Gary Johnson (Libertarian), Jill Stein (Green), Virgil Goode...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Oct 23, 2012 9:25 pm
Folks, Los Angeles and other nearby cities have had shown a lot of interest in instant runoff voting over the years. Below is news of two timely developments: ...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Oct 30, 2012 10:51 pm
http://www.startribune.com/blogs/176499391.html Imagining a ranked-choice election Posted by: Lori Sturdevant Updated: October 30, 2012 - 5:43 PM 0 ...
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rr@...
Oct 30, 2012 10:58 pm
Empower LA last week had a good article about an instant runoff election in Los Angeles for the leadership of a neighborhood council. See:...
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David A. Holtzman
dhlavotefire
Oct 30, 2012 11:41 pm
The Palms Neighborhood Council in Los Angeles had a groundbreaking instant runoff election on Sunday, and apparently appreciated my help! In turn, I appreciate...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Nov 4, 2012 1:07 pm
http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/ranked-choice-voting-worked-in-portland-to-make-race-more-civil_2012-11-04.html Ranked-choice voting worked in Portland to...
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waltjorgensen@...
waltjorgense...
Nov 26, 2012 10:23 am
IRV'ers , I have an opportunity to have IRV used by an advisory group of a local jurisdiction. What is the best site on which to find a downloadable program?...
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Bob Richard
r9j8r7
Dec 3, 2012 1:30 am
Walt, Jeff O'Neill's OpenSTV at http://www.openstv.org has features that would be very helpful to you. (1) It lets you declare candidates to have withdrawn,...
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Jeffrey O'Neill
kekitogordo
Dec 3, 2012 1:30 am
Most of you know that four cities in California (San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Leandro) used ranked-choice voting for elections such as mayor and...
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Jonathan Lundell
jklundell
Dec 3, 2012 1:30 am
... OpenSTV will probably do what you want. Rather than modify the ballots, you do your initial count, determine the #1 issue, mark that issue as "withdrawn",...
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Jeffrey O'Neill
kekitogordo
Jan 26, 2013 9:41 pm
OpaVote is again helping FairVote with its annual poll for Oscar's Best Picture. This poll uses instant runoff voting just like the actual voting by the...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Jan 26, 2013 9:41 pm
Greetings, This listserv has been quiet and soon we're going to set up a google group to inspire more conversation about how to get involved. There are some ...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Jan 26, 2013 9:53 pm
Folks, I'll share some of the good news clips by sharing tweets from the FairVote twitter -- including a terrific oped on ranked choice voting in the Bay Area...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Jan 30, 2013 12:07 am
The biggest instant runoff voting election this year likely will be in Minneapolis in an open seat election for mayor. Here's a story about a city councilor...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Jan 30, 2013 12:08 am
This election will likely have at least three major candidates running -- and possibly a candidate winning by plurality voting who would lose in a one-on-one...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Feb 10, 2013 2:41 pm
Watch here -- it's just 86 seconds http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4286188837258 - Rob -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Respect for Every Vote and...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Feb 11, 2013 7:39 pm
This is well worth doing. First, do your rankings. Second, walk through the instant runoff tally. Rob ...
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David A. Holtzman
dhlavotefire
Feb 26, 2013 9:36 pm
Here I am, advocating IRV! http://www.scpr.org/blogs/politics/2013/02/26/12685/race-for-la-mayor-candidates-try-to-turn-around-lo/ ... EXCERPT ...One way to...
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David A. Holtzman
dhlavotefire
Mar 8, 2013 6:30 pm
Hello Instant Runoff Voting advocates, Please enjoy this letter in the LA Times today. :-) - d Re "16% turnout restarts debate," March 7 ...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Apr 25, 2013 2:35 am
Yesterday's special election was a particularly classic case where instant runoff voting (ranked choice voting) would have been a big improvement. Rob ...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
May 8, 2013 4:31 pm
Folks, FairVote Minnesota's video on ranked choice voting (IRV) is at this link ...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
May 22, 2013 8:20 pm
FYI https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1407871.13071748300/rid:0abc845cef74792502a6bb0e7bc3c099 *ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND...
