http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/ Democrats for IRV Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:19:57 GMT Richard Anderson-Connolly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/72 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/72 Jim Hightower will be speaking to Democrats here in Pierce County,WA. Does anybody have a contact with him? It would be great for him to praise the use of Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:07:25 GMT iamhalphillips http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/71 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/71 Hi, My name is Hal Phillips, and I posted here previously about an IRV-focused city council campaign and political party. After much consideration, we've Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:19:20 GMT Richard Anderson-Connolly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/70 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/70 Jim, This is obviously good news for Oregon and I hope it can also help me in Pierce County, WA. As of Nov 4 Pierce became the largest jurisdiction in the US Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:40:02 GMT Jim Robison http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/69 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/69 It's been a few years since I last reported anything to this email group, but there is definitely something to report now. The Democratic Party of Oregon has Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:59:04 GMT iamhalphillips http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/68 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/68 Hi, My name is Hal Phillips. Beginning next year, I'm starting what I hope will be a major initiative to bring instant runoff voting to New York. I wanted to Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:17:16 GMT jenevold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/67 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/67 ... wrote: Please take a look at: http://www.moreperfect.org/wiki/index.php?title=Resolution_supporting_Instant_Runoff_Voting I have used the wording of the Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:53:19 GMT jenevold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/66 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/66 jacksonmillikan, please can you explain your rationale for limiting the ballot positions to four? I am confused by this. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:42:17 GMT Steve Chessin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/65 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/65 ... Why the upper limit of four? If you anticipate near-term equipment to limit people to four rankings, why not write the initiative to allow "at least four" Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:36:08 GMT jacksonmillikan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/64 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/64 I am sponsoring an IRV initiative to the people this year. The first draft is in the code revisors office now. I need to gather nearly 300,000 signatures. Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:26:21 GMT Laurel Eppstein http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/63 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/63 I think that ranked voting, by whatever name, is the most important issue we have to deal with today. Global warming, blah, blah, if our candidate doesn't get Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:21:50 GMT fairvoteliz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/62 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/62 Announcing FairVote's Upgrade Democracy video contest! Tell us what do you think ought to be done to improve elections by making a short video answering the Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:24:37 GMT Alan Zundel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/61 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/61 Hi. Any Democrats for IRV in Oregon? We have a bill (HB 2761) to give cities and counties the power to institute IRV for their elections if they choose to. Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:12:05 GMT Zoe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/60 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/60 (What need could the maker & sustainer of this world have for one bit of it?) Ranked Ballot (RB) *PLUS* "Organized Communications" (OC) will bring us Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:41:33 GMT Ron Hill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/59 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/59 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:13:04 GMT c j r http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/58 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dems4IRV/message/58 This is why we must bring the matter to the people. It's a grassroots voter issue at heart. IRV must happen because voters-of-conscience demand it. Voters