Coincidentally, the Republic of Ireland held a General Election for the Dàil, its lower house of Parliament on Friday, May 17, 2002, four days before the...
Ms. Jane Eisner The Philadelphia Inquirer Dear Ms. Eisner: According to your column in today's paper, you are on a "campaign to turn the First Vote into a...
Dear members, Notice that the Scottish executive is consulting the Scottish people on whether the Kerley report recommendation of STV is the best method for...
Richard Lung
richard.lung@...
Jun 7, 2002 5:41 pm
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I cannot find a simple explanation of the counting procedure for AV ie STV in single member constituencies. In textbooks and ERS etc briefings it is glossed...
See http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/sep/votingsystems/systems2.htm#AV or the full rules at http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/sep/votingsystems/avrules.htm....
First, thankyou to those who posted or emailed me with help to understand the AV counting procedure --- I can now explain this to others in a way they appear...
... That all happens under FPTP but the fringe voters you mention are pressured to vote tactically instead of sincerely. If they succumb you have no idea who...
rosenstiel@...
Jun 12, 2002 5:54 pm
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... The voters for the fringe parties will tend to not be decisive unless the other parties are pretty well balanced. For example, if there was a 3-way Lib...
Hi, I'm a member of a group which advocates the adoption of STV for public elections in the Australian state of Queensland. As such, I have some interest in...
... Why couldn't you get the same benefit simply by listing the address of the candidate on the ballot? In either case, the General Ballot will be large,...
Thanks for your comments Jim. I found them most interesting. ... I don't think so. We have had ballots with over 250 names on them in Australia (the last New...
Dear Evan, I put a similar idea to the Plant Committee as an answer to their criticism of STV as being not local enough and not proportional enough. Actually,...
Richard Lung
richard.lung@...
Jun 23, 2002 5:17 pm
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06/24/02 - Re: Idea - Ballot Regions: Hi to you too, Evan, Your idea of Ballot Regions is fine, it will do no harm. But, if your intention is merely to reduce...
donald@...
Jun 24, 2002 8:58 am
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Dear Evan, I've read with some interest your recent comments on having "ballot regions" to ensure broad proportionality while maintaining the ability of voters...
Ren Aguila
renpaul2@...
Jun 24, 2002 2:24 pm
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... You seem to be pursuing two conflicting goals here. On one hand you want at-large elections so that the smaller factions can elect a candidate or two....
... <snip> ... My proposal isn't about pursuing two conflicting goals. It is about providing two options to voters. Those who wish to vote locally with a...
... From: Dave Robinson <dbr@...> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Voice4all] Preference voting rules I have been working with...
donald@...
Jun 29, 2002 1:45 pm
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... Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 11:06:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Robinson <dbr@...> To: Donald E Davison <donald@...> Subject: Re: 06/29/02 - Comments...
donald@...
Jul 2, 2002 8:42 am
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Hi fellow STV fans, I have come up with an idea for a variant of IRV/STV, which in one sense is a fairly trivial modification, but in another sense makes it...
Hi Bryan, Delegative Voting is an interesting idea, something I considered before but not deeply. I quickly read through your webpages for a single winner....
Dear List-- A quick up-date on New Zealand's progress towards STV being used in public (local) elections in October 2004. PricewaterhouseCoopers certified the...
Hi Tom, Thanks for your comments - I agree completely with your analysis of the strategic issues of vote transfer in delegative voting: candidates would have ...
... Voters may share an affinity based on political belief, ethnicity, geography, or other factors. Those whose affinity is based on anything other than...
Jim, I think we've explored the idea of Ballot Regions pretty thoroughly. After discussion with various people including yourself, I see the idea is not...
... I would rank them: 1. Smaller divisions. 2. Large divisions - not good, but at least honest. 3. Large divisions with ballot regions. Gives the pretence of...
07/05/02 - Candidate List aka Delegative Voting: Hi Bryan Ford, You wrote: "I have come up with an idea for a variant of IRV/STV, which in one sense is a...
donald@...
Jul 5, 2002 6:33 am
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07/06/02 - The Biggest Downside of STV: Greetings list members, While it is good that Steve Todd is promoting STV in New Zealand, it is bad that it is the Meek...
donald@...
Jul 6, 2002 11:45 am
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Hi Donald, ... Yes, I've reinvented the wheel many times before too, and this idea was so obvious it seemed pretty unlikely it could be totally new, so I'm not...
I read in the New York times, that New York City is considering some modifications to the term limit provision for its City Council. Is anyone in NYC pushing...
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