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
I suppose the existence of this group is worth noting:
http://reformact.org/
They were a little naive about election methods at first, advocating
Instant Runoff, but they have been receptive and are now open for
debate, though they seem to be tentatively arguing for Condorcet.
And they take a
The trouble with this group, judging by their website, is that, like many other
electoral reformers in the USA, they recognise
only part of the problem: First Past the Post Voting is Obviously Flawed -
most definitely.
But they fail to see the bigger picture (representation of voters) and show
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Dave Ketchum da...@clarityconnect.com
wrote
per this subject - see at end below.
Leon Smith added reference to http://reformact.org/ - by a group that
offers extensive references and thoughts - worth exploring.
On Dec 11, 2011, at 6:06 PM, James Gilmour
Mike,
LRV is just another equivalent way of describing MMMPO. The are just MMPO with
symmetric
completion at the bottom level but not at the top.
In addition to FBC it satisfies MAP, KMBE, and U, but not LNHe.
MAP means Mono-Add-Plump
KMBE means Kevin's MMPO bad-example
LNHe means
Like I said, these people take a fairly comprehensive view on the
issues and do mention proportional representation, which is something
that I think most people getting this message do advocate in one form
or another:
http://reformact.org/act/
I think the demand for 2014 end to FPTP hurts
