[EM] Top 6, Top 2, Head to Head Primary

Top 6, Top 2, Head to Head Primary Nominations: 1. In order for a candidate to get into the primary they must get registered voters to sign nominating cards for them. 2. Each candidate must get at least one quarter of 1% of the registered voters in their district/state to sign a nom

Re: [EM] Conceiving a Democratic Electoral Process

ept of "rule by the people .who have . the right to hold some form of political power". A county where the voting age population have the right to vote is considered a democracy. However I agree with you that it would be a much better democracy if more people voted. Don Hoffard Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] Conceiving a Democratic Electoral Process

by changing the voting method and ever with a Liberal (L) and a Conservative (C) candidate running we could still have a moderate (M) candidate winning. Also ever without parties under a first-past-the-pole system (with an L, M, and a C) the L or the C would win the election. Don Hoffard

Re: [EM] Conceiving a Democratic Electoral Process

extreme. I have no problem with a general election of the top-two Condorcet primary winners. In the above election we would have M (M>L 63/37 and M>C 61/39) versus L (L>C (51/49) with M winning the general election. And in the other example we would have L 40 versus M 50 (and not L

[EM] The odd IRV numbers (in NC)

counting the votes this way. Don Hoffard -Original Message- From: election-methods-boun...@lists.electorama.com [mailto:election-methods-boun...@lists.electorama.com] On Behalf Of Kathy Dopp Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:31 PM To: election-methods Subject: Re: [EM] The odd