You're calling a proven system under which voters are free to vote their consciences without fear of "wasting" their vote "convoluted" while defending an electoral system in which the seperate states *choose* electors (the states are NOT required to choose electors by popular vote) who then may or may not cast their final vote for the directed candidate--one in which a plurality among the electors throws the election into the House of Representatives as straightforward!!?? I'll bet a lot of people don't even recognize this as the real American electoral system. One in which the SCOTUS has now ruled that the time for counting votes runs out on any state whose votes are not accurately submitted by about Christmas.
Now, everyone tell me which one resembles Publishers' Clearing House--which one is a "freaking game? Under one of those systems, Chuck--the one you call "convoluted"--the Democrat would have won the box of Cracker Jacks with the White House in it in 2000. Guy Western the West Side Then someone tell me why, if time is of the essence and there wasn't time to count the votes in 2000, but in 2004 the administration is asking how to postpone the whole election!? > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (St Paul Discuss)> > Date: 8/4/04 12:59:44 PM > Subject: Re: [StPaul] IRV > > Here we go on the great IRV discussion again. The effort is lead by the minor parties who have failed to establish themselves as viable alternatives to either of the major parties and are instead offering a voting process that great strength is to tell the public that no matter what you do or who you vote for it doesn't matter because you might still be a winner! > > It sounds like an add for Publishers Clearing House. Just rank your candidates one through four and we will keep scratching your ballot until you hit a winning number! > > Elections aren't a freaking game. There is no prize in the cracker jack box. They are about selecting a person to represent you. Who you chose matters. Who you vote for matters. If you voted for Nader in the last election, you voted for George W Bush for president. Get over it and don't do it again! But, to come up with a convoluted system that requires the average voter to make multiple choices on who they want for dog catcher would do more to send people away from the polls than any other scheme imagined. > > People aren't looking to take a multiple guess quiz when they go to vote and most people don't view elections as a parlor game. > > Why it works in other countries and not hear is simple they have real third parties that pull better than 5% of the vote. > > Chuck Repke > > St Paul > _____________________________________________ > To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
