On 10.2.2012, at 2.17, James Gilmour wrote: >> Juho Laatu > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:07 PM >> >> As I earlier wrote, I think the US has many options on how to >> go forward with the reform. The presidential election is >> maybe the most interesting one. > > Juho > This may be the most interesting election, but as it is almost certainly the > most difficult in which to achieve any practical > reform, it is perhaps best left to last.
Yes. But the reformists should have a good understanding on what kind of end state they aim at, and what the intermediate steps might look like. > The vested interests in maintaining various aspects of the electoral college > system are > such that much more could be achieved by turning the single-winner focus on > to other single-winner elections. The reform could well make progress in a bottom-up way. I.e. start with individual towns and progress to other towns and then higher up if the new approach is good enough to raise interest and popularity. I agree that the presidential election is not an easy place to start a reform. > And of course, along > with that, I would recommend changing the voting systems for all the various > "representative assemblies" to make them properly > representative of those who vote. Sounds like proportional representation. > Once these are all in place, the presidential election will stick out like a > sore thumb. Your > chance of reform of the voting system for that election will be much greater > then. Right. This soulnds like a potential path for a suuccessful reform. Juho > > James > > > ---- > Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
