On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:08 AM, James Gilmour
jgilm...@globalnet.co.uk wrote:
In the (much) more complicated Swiss system, the apparentenement is
determined by each individual
voter.
Do you have a link to the method that they use? Is it just open party list?
Election-Methods mailing
Dear Robert,
Terry Bouricius is also a Burlington resident
and is known in Burlington for being the primary
promoter of IRV (i think that's right, ain't it
Terry?). i didn't see him at the debate, but
Rep. Mark Larson and someone from League of
Women Voters were on the pro- IRV side and
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 2:46 AM, robert bristow-johnson
r...@audioimagination.com wrote:
and, i'm not sure who, but someone introduced a measure in the state
legislature to elected the governor by IRV (there is a perennial Prog
candidate that doesn't get any traction because Vermont is not all
Robert,
Two corrections...Bills to use IRV for certain statewide elections have
been introduced in Vermont in every session since 1998, and it was passed
by the Vermont House and Senate a few years ago. It would require IRV for
U.S. House and Senate elections. That bill, however was vetoed by
Google turned up this description of the Swiss electoral system:
http://www.democracy-building.info/particularities-switzerlands-proportional-election-system.html
I haven't seen this website before. The rest of it looks pretty basic.
--Bob Richard
James Gilmour wrote:
Raph Frank Sent:
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Bob Richard
lists...@robertjrichard.com wrote:
Google turned up this description of the Swiss electoral system:
http://www.democracy-building.info/particularities-switzerlands-proportional-election-system.html
Thanks.
So, from my read, it is party list, but
On Mar 23, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Terry Bouricius wrote:
Robert,
Two corrections...
always happy to correct my misconceptions.
Bills to use IRV for certain statewide elections have
been introduced in Vermont in every session since 1998, and it was
passed
by the Vermont House and Senate a few
