Re: [EM] Historic opportunity in Arizona for Approval Voting

2013-03-18 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:52 PM 3/17/2013, Andy Jennings wrote: Abd, Thanks for your support. Municipalities in Arizona have great flexibility in choosing their own voting systems. I wouldn't say that municipalities have great flexibility in choosing their own voting systems. That's why we need this bill.

Re: [EM] Historic opportunity in Arizona for Approval Voting

2013-03-18 Thread Andy Jennings
Abd, When applied to cities with partisan primaries, the bill is not even clear: 1) Does it mean that only two candidates advance (the two with the most votes from any party even though the party primaries had different numbers of voters)? 2) Does it mean the top two from each party advance to

[EM] Historic opportunity in Arizona for Approval Voting

2013-03-17 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
Subject was: Re: [EM] Historical perspective about FairVote organization At 12:32 PM 3/17/2013, Richard Fobes wrote: I agree that using better ballots and better vote-counting methods in real situation -- using real data -- is essential for making real progress. A very unusual opportunity