HD 02026 is being introduced by Representative Alice Wolf of Cambridge to allow cities and towns to adopt a "ranked choice" or "instant runoff" form of voting. Please ask your state representative and state senator to co-sponsor (deadline … [Read more...]
IRV Senate Poll
Various good-government types are circulating a petition to establish Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV) in Massachusetts elections. In IRV, voters rank all candidates and their vote is cast for their highest-preferred candidate among those … [Read more...]
VOTER CHOICE (IRV) ballot referendum campaign needs help now!
------------------------------------------------------------ VOTER CHOICE MASSACHUSETTS - PETITION DRIVE "More Voices, Real Choices" Sept 11th - Nov 18th ------------------------------------------------------------ ENDORSEMENTS + The … [Read more...]
Keep Running, Ralph
You can continue whining about Nader if you want to, but at least realize the following (from http://www.gp.org): The Supreme Court Spoiled: Al Gore won the 2000 election. George W. Bush became President when a biased US Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Mock Presidential Primary… with IRV!
Even though it is still too gosh-darned early to be picking a Democratic presidential nominee, the New Haven Advocate is offering an opportunity to express your preference(s) using instant runoff voting. Click here to cast your vote - … [Read more...]
A brief examination of voting systems
Fusion voting is an extension of FPTP that relies on parties. Parties are not essential to FPTP, but they inevitably creep in, and fusion takes advantage of this. In classical FPTP at a general election, each party nominates a candidate, … [Read more...]