They've posted my response to the range voting people. Go to http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_5107842 and select "share your comments" near the bottom....
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steve.chessin@...
steve_chessin
Feb 2, 2007 1:13 pm
... I don't think there are any range voting supporters on this list. What you're seeing is a discussion on how to respond to the RV supporters; such...
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Ryan Griffin
rtv_fairvote
Feb 2, 2007 1:16 pm
FairVote has a new resource on why we support IRV for single winner elections over alternative voting systems such as range voting, approval voting and ranked...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Feb 2, 2007 1:22 pm
Folks, Here's a blurb from our website on this week's successful introduction of IRV in FairVote's home city of Takoma Park, followed by a news article that...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Feb 2, 2007 10:57 pm
At a New America Foundation lunch-time event this week in Washington, D.C. on "10 big ideas for America," Steven Hill presented instant runoff voting to an...
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Charles Woodrow
charleswoodrow
Feb 5, 2007 6:59 pm
IRV lets voters rank candidates Monday, February 05, 2007 Ralph Nader is back in the spotlight again. He's the subject of a new documentary film, "An...
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Foster, Harold
Harold.Foster@...
Feb 5, 2007 11:15 pm
This is well-said Charles, although - clearly - it arguably is not the best selling pitch to otherwise 'good government' types in red - and, indeed, in some...
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Tom Ruen
tomruen
Feb 7, 2007 4:18 am
[This list is definitely not designed for a debate about election methods -- there are other lists people can find easily enough for that -- but instead...
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Kevin Murphy
murphy2atnetaxs
Feb 7, 2007 4:18 am
... Beautiful! Get the alpha chimps on board. Ignorance of and hostility toward IRV are depressingly common among our leaders and cultural gatekeepers. When...
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steve.chessin@...
steve_chessin
Feb 8, 2007 7:39 pm
[Steve is absolutely right that I misread Tom Ruen's original post below... Apologies for that error. - Rob] ... [...] ... I don't understand how you can say...
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Anthony
anonymous_ag...
Feb 8, 2007 7:45 pm
[A good example of what we need to do in all kinds of states. For more resources, see FairVote's webspage on the subject: Speaking of lobbying, the Colorado...
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James Gilmour
jgilmour2001
Feb 9, 2007 7:34 pm
... asking for trouble with multiple elimination rounds - when it allows a plurality-third candidate a chance to win by preventing a plurality- second a chance...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Feb 15, 2007 3:55 am
Folks, FairVote's latest e-newsletter, in text form. A version with links will shortly be posted here: http://fairvote.org/?page=32 Rob ###### FairVote E-News...
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Steven Hill
hill@...
Feb 21, 2007 9:22 pm
Dear friends and colleagues, I thought you might enjoy this excerpt from "10 Steps to Repair American Democracy" (www.10steps.net) taken from the Conclusion,...
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Caleb Kleppner
ckleppner
Feb 22, 2007 10:20 pm
Folks, I got the New Haven Advocate, the local progressive weekly, to implement an IRV poll as part of their "Best of New Haven" series. In about 1 day, the...
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Dan Johnson-Weinberger
midwestdemoc...
Mar 1, 2007 6:51 am
Good news from Springfield, Illinois: SB 439 passed unanimously out of the Local Government committee today. The bill would permit municipalities to use a...
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Alan Zundel
alanzundel
Mar 4, 2007 12:29 pm
Hi. Here in Oregon we are trying to pass a bill allowing cities and counties to implement IRV if they wish. A county elections official has raised the problem...
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David A. Holtzman
dahlavotefire
Mar 5, 2007 2:36 am
Here in L.A. County (sorry, no IRV here yet), each city, except for a few that have their elections on federal/state election day (even numbered Nov.'s),...
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Dave Kadlecek
dkadlecek
Mar 5, 2007 2:37 am
Alan and all, In Alameda County, California, our election officials don't seem to see any problem with three of fifteen cities in the county using IRV. ...
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Steven Hill
hill@...
Mar 8, 2007 3:19 pm
Your county could pass a regulation -- it doesn't even have to be a law, most likely -- that establishes the "rules" for all cities within the county, if that...
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steve.chessin@...
steve_chessin
Mar 8, 2007 3:25 pm
... This makes no sense to me. It's the same as one city having a "vote for 3" election while another city has a "vote for 1" election. Different contests...
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rrlemur
Mar 9, 2007 1:54 pm
[This isn't full IRV, but it's an examnple of use of the IRV balloting process. For a related effort that Dan Johnson-Weinberger will explain in more detail...
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Alan Zundel
alanzundel
Mar 9, 2007 1:55 pm
We don't have the support to mandate IRV/STV. The bill is being sold as a local control issue--if a city wants to have IRV, they should be able to. Most...
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Steven Hill
hill@...
Mar 10, 2007 11:06 pm
Below is a good piece from our friend in British Columbia, Gordon Gibson, who was a former member of the legislature and architect of the B.C. Citizens...
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Jeffrey O'Neill
jeff_c_o
Mar 20, 2007 10:13 am
Announcing OpenSTV version 1.1 -- software for computing the single transferable vote (also known as choice voting), instant runoff voting, and many other...
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Jack Santucci
jack.santucci
Mar 22, 2007 4:10 pm
Jeff, Thanks for the update. I've modified our page on counting software accordingly: http://www.fairvote.org/?page=1585 Jack Santucci Research Fellow FairVote...
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Ryan Griffin
rtv_fairvote
Mar 22, 2007 4:12 pm
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch testified in support of IRV legislation (S.108) in the Vermont State Senate last week. The testimony is...
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Dan Johnson-Weinberger
midwestdemoc...
Mar 26, 2007 12:31 pm
CAMPAIGN PITCH -- GET OUT YOUR CREDIT CARD TO ADVANCE DEMOCRACY Can you make a contribution to the campaign to implement ranked ballots in Springfield,...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Mar 28, 2007 11:24 pm
American On-Line has a political page on the presidential page. If you go to the bottom of this page after it's fully loaded, you can move pictures of some...
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Rob Richie
cvdusa
Mar 28, 2007 11:33 pm
American On-Line has a political page on the presidential page. If you go to the bottom of this page after it's fully loaded, you can move pictures of some...
