I gave 5 stars to the Ban Single Mark Ballots proposal.
FYI, I did not post that proposal. Jon Denn posted the proposal using the executive summary he copied from the website copy of the Google Docs original.
(I did work with Jon to post there a tax-reform proposal named "Tax The Takers More Than The Makers.")
Based on the vote-counting method used at the site -- it uses score ballots -- I was tempted to vote one star for the "competing" "American Anti-Corruption Act." But I didn't. I gave it 5 stars too.
This sheds light on a question someone else posed: Why aren't better voting methods actually used in small organizations? The choice of which method is "best" is not obvious. And when voting is done by people who understand how to vote strategically, the strategy-vulnerable methods -- in this case score-ballot-based counting -- easily produce unrepresentative results.
Richard Fobes On 11/26/2012 10:02 AM, Jonathan Denn wrote:
United Republic has a new high profile attempt at change with the American Anti-Corruption Act. Of course, it doesn't address Banning Single Mark Ballots. On my site BSMB has an 83% approval rating which is a weighted average of conservatives, independents, and liberals. While this is a very good rating, even greater, it really needs to be up in the 90s to get real notice. So, if you could take a few moments, go to aGREATER.US <http://aGREATER.US>, sign up (it just takes a minute), click on http://www.agreater.us/billpage.php?id=400 , and give it 5 stars: I can then more confidently push this in my meetings and tweets. Also, UR has some real juice, so if their folk come to rate AACA and then hang out for awhile they may learn about (y)our efforts. Cheers, Jon
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