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7 dcollison_tx
jhereg10 Offline Send Email
May 8, 2002
6:08 am
FYI. ... <proportionalrepresentation@m...> wrote: http://www.fairvote.org/irv/lairv.htm Thanks to Stuart Dixon in Louisiana, we've discovered that Louisiana ...
8 zoezidbeck Offline Send Email Jun 19, 2002
10:22 pm
PREFERENTIALITY: Breaking the Logjam This Is The Path To Instant Subtlefaction, TOP DEAD CENTER, Can't Lose, Gotta Be In Somebody's Interest, all Justice AND...
9 matt_21179 Offline Send Email Nov 4, 2002
11:09 pm
Greetings, There's a decent chance that the Louisiana senate race will go to a runoff that may determine partisan control of the U.S. Senate. I would like to...
10 F. Neelis
bucktree2001 Offline Send Email
Nov 5, 2002
4:08 pm
Perfect timing Matt. I've been promoting IRV in La. for some time now and have found a very receptative audience. There are some potential legislators who...
11 midwestdemocracy
midwestdemoc... Offline Send Email
Nov 5, 2002
8:09 pm
Hi Frank, Would you be willing to serve as a spokesperson for the new movement to use IRV in Louisiana? Matt is putting together a fantastic website, and if it...
12 matt@...
matt_21179 Offline Send Email
Nov 5, 2002
9:01 pm
Frank, This is great news. I'm glad to hear that there is some interest among officials and voters in La. I finished a new Web site for the Louisiana campaign;...
13 Michael P. Fagan
mpfagan1 Offline Send Email
Dec 24, 2003
1:12 pm
LouisianaDemocrat (Statewide) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LouisianaDemocrat/ AlexandriaDemocrat (Northcentral) ...
14 mpfagan1 Offline Send Email Feb 19, 2004
2:54 pm
The LouisianaDemocrat Network Serving the communication and informational needs of democrats in Louisiana. Hear the latest and most up-to-date information on...
15 Michael P. Fagan
mpfagan1 Offline Send Email
Mar 18, 2004
9:11 pm
Democratic Meetup in Slidell Connected and unconnected democrats from St. Tammany will meetup on March 24th (7PM) at the Chic-fil-a dining area at the...
16 Brent Bartels
spatulax9 Offline Send Email
Oct 6, 2004
4:40 am
Hi, I'm interested in becoming an IRV advocate in Louisiana. Can some of you please describe your experiences, so that I know what's been done here and how it...
18 Dan Johnson-Weinberger
midwestdemoc... Offline Send Email
Oct 6, 2004
2:01 pm
One of the best things you can do is to get more details on Louisiana's successful use of a ranked ballot for overseas absentee voters. That's what I'm pushing...
20 Brent Bartels
spatulax9 Offline Send Email
Oct 6, 2004
11:16 pm
Hi Dan, Thanks for your response. You'll have to forgive me. I'm a little green as far as activism goes. There are 64 registrars in Louisiana ( ...
22 spatulax9 Offline Send Email Oct 7, 2004
3:25 pm
Hi everyone, I started calling around today. Mainly I'm just trying to find out if the capability exists for instant runnoff voting in LA. Before I go any...
25 Dan Johnson-Weinberger
midwestdemoc... Offline Send Email
Oct 7, 2004
7:02 pm
Hi Brent, Then just start with your own parish registrar. Ask for a five minute meeting after the election to see how the Louisiana system went. See if there...
34 David Collison
jhereg10 Offline Send Email
Dec 8, 2004
11:20 pm
As the home page for this list states, it is for IRV issues and (at a stretch) other multipartisan or nonpartisan issues only. Please limit discussions to...
35 irv@...
irvatfairvote Offline Send Email
Mar 25, 2005
9:39 pm
Action to Take on Ranked Absentee Ballots Earlier this month, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee signed legislation providing for overseas military voters to...
36 states_4irv Offline Send Email Sep 12, 2005
10:13 pm
The August IRV news wrap-up: So far, 15 known published August IRV stories have been identified to the egroup. (all listed below) The stories and links are all...
38 irvalliance Offline Send Email Oct 23, 2005
4:57 pm
This is a great opportunity for activists to attend the IRV festivities in Takoma Park, like Nov. 4-6. Amtrak just announced 70% discounts on the New Orleans...
39 Patricia Gracian
patginsd Offline Send Email
Nov 26, 2005
10:43 pm
As many of you know, they are stealing our votes... We have a great chance to prove the shoddiness of the Diebold electronic voting machines! This will affect...
42 IRV Alliance
irvalliance Offline Send Email
Dec 1, 2005
8:56 pm
The democrats have announce a conference Aprial 21-23. If there is also and IRV gathering, the dems will be able to attend and really focus on the benefits of...
56 Dan Johnson-Weinberger
instantrunoff Offline Send Email
Apr 14, 2006
6:09 pm
OK, I've set moderation for all new members. That should fix any spam. By the way, there has been movement on the Louisiana model of IRV for overseas absentee...
57 Bryan C
leodragon32 Offline Send Email
Oct 9, 2006
6:23 pm
hey y'all i was thinking about sending this to the Baton Rouge Advocate's opinion page. Any suggestion? anyone doing anything on IRV in Louisiana lately? ...
58 David Collison
jhereg10 Offline Send Email
Nov 12, 2006
5:26 am
Liked all. #4 only works in Louisiana (as you intended) with its open primaries. _____ From: instantrunoffLA@yahoogroups.com ...
59 leesandw Offline Send Email Nov 12, 2006
6:03 am
Ranked Voting/IRV is apparently the most popular election reform going, but there is no reason to eliminate primaries, which is not popular at all. Primaries...
60 Brent Bartels
spatulax9 Offline Send Email
Nov 12, 2006
6:20 am
I submitted an editorial about IRV to the Times Picayune a couple of years ago. I received no response. Hope you have better luck with the Advocate. Brent...
61 rodney203@...
rodney203 Offline Send Email
Nov 12, 2006
4:03 pm
Dear Louisiana IRV, Some thoughts. Until now I have taken an open minded position to the concept of IRV, but I must now say I think it is inferior to the...
62 leesandw Offline Send Email Nov 12, 2006
5:57 pm
Rodney, The problem with traditional "one-choice" elections that allow voters only one choice is that voters' only real choice is the "less- of-two-evils". It...
63 Michael P. Fagan
mpfagan1 Offline Send Email
Dec 25, 2006
7:43 pm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/USDemocrat-Louisiana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/USDemocrat-LA-Alexandria ...
64 rodney203@...
rodney203 Offline Send Email
Dec 25, 2006
9:08 pm
Would someone explain to me,,,,,,,,,,,Why instant runoff? What is its purpose? What is intended to accomplish with it? We already have had a tradition of...
65 Bryan C
leodragon32 Offline Send Email
Dec 26, 2006
6:02 pm
I'll skip the boring stuff you could just google. that being said, after you read about IRV, see below comments. here is the minimum that should be read...
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