http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/ Proportional Voting Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:39:01 GMT Rob Richie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/513 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/513 Folks, Take a look at the very instructive post by one of our FairVote interns on the recent German elections. The libertarian-leaning Free Democrats won 15% Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:59:39 GMT Steve Chessin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/512 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/512 I want to add another factor, that applies to states (such as California) where local elections are non-partisan, which I will express as a series of points. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:03:59 GMT Bob Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/511 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/511 A couple of other factors to consider: (1) Compared to other countries that don't already have PR, the U.S. has many, many more elected executive offices. That Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:46:03 GMT Jack Santucci http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/510 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/510 Hi, all. Before condemning FairVote for pushing IRV at the expense of PR/PR-STV, we should remember that the latter is a harder sell conceptually, a reform Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:36:14 GMT Janet anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/509 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/509 Welcome to the list. I share your disappointment in Fair Votes disproportionate efforts in supporting winner-take-all IRV instead of PR. I'm in Seattle and Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:51:04 GMT inkabinkaboo182 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/508 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/508 I'm a new member, so I figured I should introduce myself. My name is Ross Levin, and I first got really involved with politics during Mike Gravel's run for Thu, 28 May 2009 23:22:51 GMT James Gilmour http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/507 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/507 City of Aspen Press Release: Mayoral Vote Tally Corrected; Outcome Stays the Same http://theredant.squarespace.com/storage/TallyCorrectedTB.pdf This should be Sun, 24 May 2009 19:02:45 GMT John Hodges http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/506 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/506 (JBH 05/24/09; This is actually a test message. I'm changing my email address, and want to see if the change worked. But the following is an old classic, and Sat, 09 May 2009 16:14:38 GMT Rob Richie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/505 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/505 This simple 6-minute video is a really good pitch for voting yes on single transferable vote (i.e.,, choice voting) in British Columbia. there's been hundreds Mon, 04 May 2009 23:49:31 GMT freeutahns http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/504 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/504 Under its current bylaws, there are five at-large seats on the Libertarian National Committee.   LNC Chairman Bill Redpath's proposal to eliminate regional Sun, 03 May 2009 13:57:08 GMT James Gilmour http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/503 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/503 John B. Hodges > Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 1:08 PM ... That is part of the question, but only part of the question - at least in political cultures where Sun, 03 May 2009 12:10:57 GMT John B. Hodges http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/502 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/502 ... Your comments are fair enough, I think the last point I would want to make is that Candidate List, like Party List, would allow more seats per district Sat, 02 May 2009 23:37:46 GMT James Gilmour http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/501 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/501 John B. Hodges > Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 8:02 PM ... But no-one would ever do a manual "count" of STV ballots in that way because it involves so much Sat, 02 May 2009 22:10:28 GMT Jonathan Lundell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/500 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/500 ... There's been some discussion floating around of a kind of STV-with- delegation. One variation is that each candidate publishes their own ranked list. A Sat, 02 May 2009 18:51:44 GMT Dave Kadlecek http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/499 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proportionalvoting/message/499 Rob and all, Why does the proposal's paragraph b limit delegates to "rank[ing] up to ten candidates on their ballots in order of preference"? I can see using