I would have agreed with you as recently as a year ago, but I now see
Hare (aka IRV) as a sort of dead end in a rat maze. It won't help elect
any third party candidates (look at Australia's lower house). And it
will neutralize any ability of third parties to influence policy
(although 3rd parti
MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
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> Does anyone know of other IRVie proposals around the country that
> need to be dealt with now?
It finally got on the ballot in SF. Here's the a PDF containing the
voter information pamphlet (4 MB). Wish I'd known that it was possible
to submit a paid ballot argument
>> Anybody else interested in trying to speak out on this?
>> Despite our lack of consensus on many things, I think
>> almost all of us feel that IRVing is far from optimal in
>> single winner elections.
There's an IRV bill in Washington? I do know there's a bill
to replace the open primary with
How far along is the WA IRV proposal? Has it made the ballot yet?
As I understand it, there's an Alaska IRV proposal that has made
the ballot, and which will be voted on as a state initiative this
year. I don't know what month.
I've meant to find out the e-mail addresses of the opponents of th
Anybody else interested in trying to speak out on this? Despite our
lack of consensus on many things, I think almost all of us feel that
IRVing is far from optimal in single winner elections.
Doug
