... 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
"The quota is lowered already via Droop..." In the beginning, when Thomas Hare came up with STV, he felt (correctly) that it was necessary in principle to make...
Ren Aguila
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Jul 8, 2002 12:31 am
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... That's very true, but I think you left the biggest "negative design features" off your list (see below). ... If strict *party* proportionality is all that...
Renewing Local Democracy: The Next Steps ========================================= YOU have until 31 July 2002 to submit YOUR response to this consulation...
07/10/02 - Ren on Thomas Hare and Brian Meek: Dear Ren Agiula, I agree with some things you say and I disagree with some others, you wrote: Ren: "In the...
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Jul 10, 2002 12:38 pm
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This is in direct response to what Donald said. While I earlier wrote that I am not willing to engage him on this, I have decided to answer him on three...
Ren Aguila
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Jul 10, 2002 2:28 pm
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07/12/02 - Reply to Evan's 7/8 letter: Dear Evan, you wrote: "If strict *party* proportionality is all that concerns you..." Donald: No, that is not all that...
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Jul 12, 2002 7:18 am
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Dear STV supporters, Is anyone interested in "real-voter" STV election where the Hare and Droop Quota results differ? I was just playing around with data for...
... From: Evan Gallagher <evan@...> To: donald@... Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:46:27 +1000 ... Evan, Yes, but this is normal for a Droop election,...
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Jul 15, 2002 8:38 am
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07/16/02 - Tom Ruen's Good Work: Good work Tom, Everyone should be interested in what you have done because everyone needs to realize that any change in the...
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Jul 16, 2002 9:39 am
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I recently heard that RI reduced the size of its legilature by 25%. Does anyone in the group know how this was done? Was STV involved or considered ?...
... http://www.riredistricting.org/ Among their FAQ's on redistricting they stated that a Constitutional Amendment was approved in 1994 providing for a...
A recent newspaper column on the above resulted in my sending the following open letter to several PA legislators: John A. O'Brien 2126 Ash Lane Lafayette...
I think any such commission ( or other group considering altering the size of llgislative bodythat emerges in any other state in any part of the country...
Dear STV-supporters, I have an interesting problem. Last spring I tried to convince the company I work for to elect their board of directors using STV instead...
Dear STV-supporters, I was a little disappointed to hear no opinions about my thoughts of using STV power within subgroups of voters of a CV election. I know I...
09/10/02 - Tom Ruen's Droop-STV: Tom Ruen wrote: "I was a little disappointed to hear no opinions about my thoughts of using STV power within subgroups of...
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Sep 10, 2002 10:19 am
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09/11/02 - Notice of a PR list: Greetings, The `Californians for Proportional Representation' have changed their list from `only Californians' to a national...
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Sep 11, 2002 11:06 am
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09/15/02 - Tom Ruen has opened Pandora's Box: Hi Tom, I was thinking more about your board election. My guess now is that maybe two or three members can be...
