Re: [EM] "IRV" in the news

2006-07-21 Thread Brian Olson
Holy Cloned Candidates, Batman! For once I wish the fairvote.org folks would step in and make them do IRV and STV right. As soon as I find the relevant people in North Carolina, I'll have to send them my version - http://bolson.org/voting/law/ ElectionSystemsCode.html On Jul 21, 2006, at 3:

Re: [EM] "IRV" in the news

2006-07-21 Thread Jonathan Lundell
At 3:28 PM -0700 7/21/06, Brian Olson wrote: >Also, I really hope this is reporter error and they're not actually >implementing the broken bizarro-IRV described in the article. Worse, actually. Check out their multi-seat variation. http://www.ncleg.net/sessions/2005/bills/house/html/h1024v5.html

Re: [EM] "IRV" in the news

2006-07-21 Thread Brian Olson
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win." If this is somewhere between laughing at us and attacking us, we should be on schedule to get better election methods around here in the next couple years. :-) Also, I really hope this is reporter error and

[EM] "IRV" in the news

2006-07-21 Thread Jonathan Lundell
I like IRV OK, and better than many on this list. But where do they come up with this stuff? (I do like the last graf, though.) Bill for 20 instant-runoff elections passes Senate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday, July 20, 2006 RALEIGH A wide-ranging election bill approved by the N.C. Senate yeste

Re: [EM] Competitive Districting Rule

2006-07-21 Thread raphfrk
Juho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't think an electorate like ours would tolerate > > your proposed re-allocation of some of the > > single-district winners to achieve party > > party balance. > > Few remaining comments on this topic: > > As said, I think it makes sense to look at these ma