I am delighted to hear of this valuable activity. A couple notes:
. "local, state, federal and global levels" are
Open_voting_network topics. All except global are important in the US
in 2012 as a year in which serious activity is possible - within the
framework of current laws, but without depending on instantly changing
the laws..
. "primary" is a word used here. It is different from the
"primary elections" used in the US - they are used by parties to cope
with the needs of plurality voting.
. Among the possibilities would be such as destructive
competition between Occupy-backing candidates in the Green and
Libertarian parties - if they split the votes of Occupy backers and
thus each lost.
On Dec 11, 2011, at 1:42 AM, Michael Allan wrote:
Dave Ketchum wrote:
Write-ins can be effective. I hold up proof this year. For
a supervisor race:
111 Rep - Joe - on the ballot from winning primary, though not
campaigning.
346 Con - Darlene - running as Con though unable to run as Rep+Con.
540 Write-in - Bob - who gets the votes with his campaign starting
18 days before election day.
We're floating the idea within Occupy of a primary voting network that
might help by giving independents a leg up. It would extend not only
across and beyond parties, but also across any number of voting
methods and service providers: (see also the discussion tab here)
https://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/User:Michael_Allan/RFC/
Open_voting_network
It's not easy to summarize, but maybe easier from the voter's POV:
We won't endorse any single provider (monopoly) of primary voting
and consensus making services. Instead we'll maintain an open
voting network (counter-monopoly) in which: (1) no person is
excluded from participating in the development of alternative
technologies and methodologies of consensus making; (2) no toolset,
platform or practice is excluded; and (3) each person may freely
choose a provider, toolset and practices based on personal needs
and preferences without thereby becoming isolated from participants
who make different choices.
None of this is especially difficult (not technically), but it's hard
to imagine how it could ever get started without Occupy.
--
Michael Allan
Toronto, +1 416-699-9528
http://zelea.com/
Dave Ketchum wrote: ...
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