City of Aspen Press Release: Mayoral Vote Tally Corrected; Outcome Stays the Same http://theredant.squarespace.com/storage/TallyCorrectedTB.pdf This should be...
Software endorsed by the Electoral Reform Society has been through a validation process, thanks to Brian Wichmann. Colin Rosenstiel...
Colin Rosenstiel
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May 29, 2009 1:11 am
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It appears that the mixup may have been a parameter setting. If you compare the results from Burlington, VT, which used AV for its mayoral election in 2009. ...
These observations are very interesting but the incident in Aspen cannot be dismissed simply as a mix-up in the parameter setting. It is irresponsible...
I was not dismissing it as simply a mix-up in the parameter settings. As I noted, the same software (apparently) was used in Burlington, VT two months ago for...
Jim Apologies fro being so long in replying, but I didn't loose sight of it because you have raised several interesting issues. ... So the fault was to select...
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:46:07 +0100, "James Gilmour" ... AFAIK, whether an election is counted as a "Choice Election" or an "Instant Runoff Voting" is itself a...
Jim Riley > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:22 PM <CUT> ... This is also done in Ireland where the ballots are randomised before the first sort. That order...
... Although the NI rules still follow Newland and Britton, first edition (1973), they differ in some other respects that are significant. NI handles full...
Colin Rosenstiel
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Aug 1, 2009 5:13 pm
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Colin Rosenstiel > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 6:11 PM ... Colin raises an interesting, but separate, point. In fact these various sets of rules are full...
I forgot to mention that I thought the changes in the NI rules were the work of Pat Bradley, now retired Chief Electoral Officer. Colin Rosenstiel...
Colin Rosenstiel
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Aug 2, 2009 5:48 pm
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Colin Rosenstiel > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 6:43 PM ... Yes, I think you are probably right, Colin. I should have checked ALL the documents in my...
... I think the change was made in 1985. Colin Rosenstiel...
Colin Rosenstiel
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Aug 2, 2009 8:43 pm
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... I have long advocated that this measure should be directly integrated into the counting method (see message #236 on this list, for example) and that...
directrepublic > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 11:23 PM ... I know you have said this before, but these two requirements are completely separate. ... So far...
Dear stv-voters, After the STV defeat in British Columbia this year, it is clear that major barriers exist to widespread adoption of the method. Key to the ...
Just a quick comment on two aspects of the post directrepublic > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:23 AM ... These were factors exploited by the anti-reform...
As someone from BC who serves on the board of directors of the proponent group, Fair Voting BC, perhaps my comments will be useful here. First, I think it's...
I suspect that the difference was largely made by the drop in support among "right-wing" voters as you pointed out. Throughout much of B.C's history, the...
While I have long said that small constituencies (ridings in Canadian usage) are a fair compromise for widely spread electorates, down even to two members, you...
Colin Rosenstiel
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Aug 3, 2009 9:02 pm
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On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 16:09:29 +0100, "James Gilmour" ... Was this system also used in the early (STV) elections of the Northern Ireland Parliament? Have the...
But even two seat districts produce more proportional results than FPTP, and this proportionality can be measured using something like the Gallagher Index....
On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:23:06 -0000, "directrepublic" ... At the time of the November 1996 referendum on STV, San Francisco elected its supervisors at-large....
On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:11:12 -0700, Antony Hodgson ... Is this actually shown by polling data? How do account for Surrey electing NDP candidates but also...
For the polling data supporting Antony's statements , see http://thetyee.ca/Views/2009/07/08/WhoKilledSTV On Antony's comment that "bottom up" would be more...
... Interdistrict IRV is less complicated than other STV versions. It is just as easy to count as IRV, and now that San Francisco uses it, it would be a small...
Hi all, I haven't done the detailed analysis Jim asked for (thanks Bob for providing the link to the Tyee article). I'd be interested in the results, though,...
On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:53:08 -0700, Bob Richard ... How does Surrey-Greenhills fit into the survey? NDP 72%, FPTP 72%. Surrey-Newton NDP 69%, FPTP 73% ...
I think the major reason that STV lost support in BC was due the new proposed electoral district boundaries which had multiple members elected to represent the...
I agree that this was a factor, but it doesn't explain the differential drop amongst Liberal supporters noted by Dr. Cutler. If this were a large factor, it...
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