http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/ Proportional voting in the USA Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:27:03 GMT flwr42 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/707 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/707 [As a moderated list, and with the moderators having lives and not always able to moderate in a timely fashion, sometimes messages get delayed past their Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:06:43 GMT Cathy Gilbert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/706 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/706 HI all, Nader will be on Jon Stewart's show tonight. (I know I embarrassingly carped about the Daily and Colbert shows at one point for having too much right Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:39:16 GMT James Gilmour http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/705 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/705 The Electoral Reform Society has today published two important reports. SCOTLAND ========= Putting the People in Control Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:39:33 GMT Chris Jerdonek http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/704 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/704 ... I would not say this is true. Even the surveys conducted by San Francisco State after the very first election showed that voters favored and understood Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:23:22 GMT Bob Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/703 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/703 One more thought, in addition to Steve's excellent suggestions: hook up with others who are working on electoral reform, nationally through these lists (both Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:19:50 GMT Rob Richie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/702 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/702 We actually had a terrific 2006 -- some real headway, with some ballot measure wins that were very impressive, in big jurisdictions that were politically Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:07:46 GMT steve.chessin@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/701 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/701 Please don't be discouraged. This kind of change takes a long time. And it's easier to make changes at the local level than at the state level, but once Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:43:54 GMT pangaious1 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/700 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/700 My friends, no one is more pro IRV and PP than me. But I'm disilussioned as I see the years pass and nothing is accomplished at the state levels and let alone Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:37:41 GMT James Gilmour http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/699 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/699 The Weighted Inclusive Gregory Method (WIGM) of transferring consequential surpluses is under active consideration for public STV elections in Scotland and Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:23:15 GMT Paul Klinkman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/698 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/698 ... Rhode Island is almost progressive enough for a try. However, RI is a one party state. The Democrats have held 99% of the real power for everyone's Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:47:25 GMT steve.chessin@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/697 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/697 ... They did. This is from the online corrections page at http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/corrections/ Voting method -- An article in the Dec. 26 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:47:50 GMT steve.chessin@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/696 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/696 I sent the below to the LA Times a few days ago, and got an email and a follow-up call from the Readers Representative department. I gather that they'll run a Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:50:02 GMT Terrill Bouricius http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/695 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/695 Vermont is a potential spot for pushing a citizens' assembly...However, there is not an immediate widely felt "problem" to solve (unlike the result of the Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:04:03 GMT Chris Jerdonek http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/694 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/694 Here's the blog about Citizens Assemblies mentioned in the LA Times article: http://jhsnider.net/citizensassembly.htm Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:31:31 GMT Bob Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/693 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Voice4all/message/693 David and all, True, the L.A. Times article doesn't elaborate on proportional voting. But this is great coverage for us anyway. (1) It describes an opt-out