Craig Layton & Tom Round: Are you still on EM? We need for you to verify something that you said. Apparently someone doesn't believe that 2 Australians have said that it's common for voters not of the big-2 parties to bury their favorite by voting for one of the big 2 in 1st choice position on their ranking.
Steve Chessin is an IRV promoter in the U.S. The U.S. IRV promoters have been repeatedly bragging about IRV's track record in Australia. When I told Chessin about the favorite-burying strategy in Australia's IRV elections, Chessin said he wanted to hear it from the people I heard it from. So would you please reply to this with an EM posting, which I'll forward to Chessin by e-mail? Replying via EM seems preferable, but if for any reason you wanted to just e-mail direct to Chessing, and not to EM, here's his e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course you could send a copy directly to him, and another copy to EM, or at least to me. Of course I'd like a copy, but the important thing is to write to Chessin. Now, if you have enough extra time, it would be good to _additionally_ send Chessin a postal letter. Mainly because it's undeniable that it came from Australia. He'll have something in his hand that's obviously sent from Australia, with Australian stamps on it, etc. But in any case, e-mail is quick, easy, & reliable, and so please reply by e-mail, and then by postal mail if you have time to. Here's a postal address for Chessin: Californians for Proportional Representation PO Box 128 Sacramento, CA 95812 thank you, Mike Ossipoff _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
