This might be the way to implement my "Candidate Concession" idea.
Nobody thought that there was a binding way for a candidate to concede his votes to another candidate, but this might be it! Forest On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Mike Ossipoff wrote: > > > Nader could designate, as his electors, the same people who are > > Kerry's electors, instructing them to vote for Kerry. In that way, > > the votes for Nader would count for Kerry. No more spoiler problem. > > Wow. It seems so obvious, yet this is the first I think I've ever heard > that idea. I think it's very clever; in what column was it mentioned? > > >From a technical standpoint I think it's interesting because it's similar > to the candidate proxy method discussed a few weeks back, but can be > implemented within the confines of the existing system (assuming at least > some states allow identical slates of electors between different > candidates). > > >From a purely practical standpoint of getting Bush out of office (pace any > of his supporters on the list, if any) I also love it. All my vandalistic > tendencies toward the existing plurality system aside, I simply don't see > Kerry winning the election. If Bush is going to win anyway, I figure I > might as well make a statement with my vote, and push for Nader to be a > spoiler (or at least have the appearance of being one). > > But if a vote for Nader is a vote for Kerry, then I could easily see that > motivating enough support to put Kerry over the top. It would also bring > attention to the cause of election system reform in a much more positive > way than my intentional spoiling would. > > -Bill Clark > > p.s. Mike, sorry to hear you'll be leaving for a while. I can appreciate > needing to take a break from things every once in a while, though. Enjoy > whatever you'll be doing in the meantime! > > -- > Protest the 2-Party Duopoly: > http://vote.3rd.party.xoom.org/ > ---- > Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info > ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info