Comments on: My Instant Runoff Voting Ballot http://adamp.com/politics/my-instant-runoff-voting-ballot/ Apple, Bicycles, Boston, Dot and Web Media Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:28:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam Friedmanhttp://adamp.com/politics/my-instant-runoff-voting-ballot/#comment-51010 Adam Friedman Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:07:01 +0000 http://adamp.com/?p=736#comment-51010 Adam and friends -Your great idea noted here will soon spring to life. There is a coalition forming to get the IRV question on the ballot for the next election! Jill Stein of the Green Party, and several other organizations are building our petition drive capacity as we speak. And we just filed our papers yesterday. We will have September to December to get enough signatures. We are building up our activist base now. Please email me as soon as possible so we can discuss this further. Definitely dig your passion for the issue and look forward to connecting! Adam and friends –

Your great idea noted here will soon spring to life. There is a coalition forming to get the IRV question on the ballot for the next election! Jill Stein of the Green Party, and several other organizations are building our petition drive capacity as we speak. And we just filed our papers yesterday. We will have September to December to get enough signatures. We are building up our activist base now. Please email me as soon as possible so we can discuss this further. Definitely dig your passion for the issue and look forward to connecting!

]]> By: Terry Bouriciushttp://adamp.com/politics/my-instant-runoff-voting-ballot/#comment-18223 Terry Bouricius Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:01:20 +0000 http://adamp.com/?p=736#comment-18223 IRV is already winning adoption in the U.S. My own city of Burlington (VT) has used it since 2006. We convinced the Democrats in the legislature to pass an IRV bill for statewide federal elections (unfortunately the Republican governor vetoed it).IRV is a very important pro-democracy election reform. No voting method is perfect, but political scientists and voting method experts widely agree that the plurality winner-take-all voting method generally used in the U.S. is the worst of all. IRV eliminates the "spoiler" problem, and opens the door to multiple choices and parties, broadening and strengthening political debate. IRV also has a real chance to gain widespread use in the U.S. (unlike some other pet election reform methods that have a tiny group of Internet supporters), and just yesterday was adopted by Memphis (TN).Folks can learn more about IRV at http://www.FairVote.org IRV is already winning adoption in the U.S. My own city of Burlington (VT) has used it since 2006. We convinced the Democrats in the legislature to pass an IRV bill for statewide federal elections (unfortunately the Republican governor vetoed it).

IRV is a very important pro-democracy election reform. No voting method is perfect, but political scientists and voting method experts widely agree that the plurality winner-take-all voting method generally used in the U.S. is the worst of all. IRV eliminates the “spoiler” problem, and opens the door to multiple choices and parties, broadening and strengthening political debate. IRV also has a real chance to gain widespread use in the U.S. (unlike some other pet election reform methods that have a tiny group of Internet supporters), and just yesterday was adopted by Memphis (TN).

Folks can learn more about IRV at http://www.FairVote.org

]]> By: Adam Pieniazekhttp://adamp.com/politics/my-instant-runoff-voting-ballot/#comment-18219 Adam Pieniazek Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:17:03 +0000 http://adamp.com/?p=736#comment-18219 Susan, certainly it's a more democratic way of electing government officials as we can show our preferences instead of being forced into a "lesser of two evils" dilemma.Obama is certainly an upgrade over Bush and McCain, but whether he'll be a good president is a whole different issue. Hopefully he proves to be a true progressive and accomplishes a lot of positive change (we sure do need it). Susan, certainly it’s a more democratic way of electing government officials as we can show our preferences instead of being forced into a “lesser of two evils” dilemma.

Obama is certainly an upgrade over Bush and McCain, but whether he’ll be a good president is a whole different issue. Hopefully he proves to be a true progressive and accomplishes a lot of positive change (we sure do need it).

]]> By: Susanhttp://adamp.com/politics/my-instant-runoff-voting-ballot/#comment-18204 Susan Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:58:36 +0000 http://adamp.com/?p=736#comment-18204 A novel idea. Although, I'm glad you endorsed Obama!<abbr><em>Susans last blog post..<a href="http://eforeclosurepedia.com/california-foreclosure-filings-slow-down-in-september/" rel="nofollow">California Foreclosure Filings Slow Down in September</a></abbr></em> A novel idea. Although, I’m glad you endorsed Obama!

Susans last blog post..California Foreclosure Filings Slow Down in September

]]> By: Adam Pieniazekhttp://adamp.com/politics/my-instant-runoff-voting-ballot/#comment-18193 Adam Pieniazek Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:54:21 +0000 http://adamp.com/?p=736#comment-18193 As would a majority of citizens (I believe), hence why it would be immensely difficult to get passed. The Democrats and Republicans would for sure be opposed, even though IRV still leads to a two party system but with strong third parties.P.S. If you do want to see this idea, vote Nader-Gonzalez. Obama has already won Massachusetts so no worries on helping McBush and Nader-Gonzalez are actively pushing IRV ballots and already helped implement them in San Francisco. As would a majority of citizens (I believe), hence why it would be immensely difficult to get passed. The Democrats and Republicans would for sure be opposed, even though IRV still leads to a two party system but with strong third parties.

P.S. If you do want to see this idea, vote Nader-Gonzalez. Obama has already won Massachusetts so no worries on helping McBush and Nader-Gonzalez are actively pushing IRV ballots and already helped implement them in San Francisco.

]]> By: Aprilhttp://adamp.com/politics/my-instant-runoff-voting-ballot/#comment-18186 April Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:15:14 +0000 http://adamp.com/?p=736#comment-18186 this is an idea i could get behind.<abbr><em>Aprils last blog post..<a href="http://losingthelovechub.blogspot.com/2008/11/redskins-for-obama.html" rel="nofollow">Redskins for Obama</a></abbr></em> this is an idea i could get behind.

Aprils last blog post..Redskins for Obama

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