2012/4/16 robert bristow-johnson <r...@audioimagination.com> > On 4/16/12 8:25 PM, Jameson Quinn wrote: > >> >> >> 2012/4/16 Richard Fobes <electionmeth...@votefair.org <mailto: >> ElectionMethods@**votefair.org <electionmeth...@votefair.org>>> >> >> >> On 4/16/2012 12:50 PM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> >> On 4/16/12 12:42 PM, Richard Fobes wrote: >> >> As I recall the issue is that I stated in a previous >> message that >> Approval voting was very unlikely to be adopted for use in >> U.S. >> Presidential _general_ elections. Here are some reasons: >> >> 1: Making that change requires adopting a Constitutional >> Amendment. >> >> >> not precisely. there is a going state compact movement that will >> essentially make the Electoral College a figurehead. it will >> exist, but >> it will be powerless. and it doesn't need a Constitutional >> amendment, >> because the Constitution says that the state legislatures have the >> exclusive authority in defining how the presidential electors are >> chosen. ... >> >> > ... >> >> Notice that the "state compact movement" specifies that the >> state's electoral votes goes to the candidate with the "most votes." >> >> >> Yes, the current compact which has been adopted by several states is to >> use a nationwide plurality vote. However, a compact to use approval voting >> could, in theory, be adopted by those same states, and the wording could be >> such that the approval contact supercedes the plurality one as soon as >> states representing enough electoral votes sign onto the approval one. >> > > but how do the states adopting the compact know who the true Approval > winner is when state who haven't adopted the compact do not supply the full > approval data, since voting for more than one spoils their ballots? would > it just accept those numbers as single approvals on every ballot? > > Yes. Note that this would provide an additional incentive for states to join the compact.
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