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Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

ElectricElliot — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:07:01 -0700

Great article about RCV - http://themelononline.com/2009/05/give-ranked-choice-a-chance/ More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

Dmitri — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:01:51 -0700

@Fredo: Interesting research would be to see whether either of those countries has had a leader who got fewer votes than his opponent and was then appointed President. If not, then I'd say they got better results. More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

NineInchNachos — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:42:56 -0700

"Two of the state's top political scientists and a doctoral candidate took a look at Pierce County's ranked choice voting experiment and found it to be a pretty fair system." that's right you screw heads, taste the rainbow... http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/06/10/state_political_scientists_say_ranked_ch More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

NineInchNachos — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:38:57 -0700

"This is a clear example of the establishment looking for any excuse they can find to stop a movement toward actual voter choice." http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/05/06/pierce_county_auditor_sees_savings_from_ More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

NineInchNachos — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:02:16 -0800

amen seejane More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

seejane — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:39:29 -0800

I think if the PUBLIC pays for the election then the public gets to dictate how we vote. I am surprised that the party's (Republicans & Democrats) get to have a say. More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

Erik Hanberg — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:26:38 -0800

@fredo Generally, I'm all for empowering the voter. Allowing them to pick a third party candidate without throwing away their vote keeps parties on their toes but also prevents a candidate with just a plurality from taking power. More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

thriceallamerican — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:05:40 -0800

Why not 200 years ago? We didn't invent computers yet. More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

fredo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:56:05 -0800

Erik@ The issue raised by RCV isn't whether it works, the issue is do we get better results? Are the governments in Ireland and Australia working better with RCV? More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

NineInchNachos — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:44:51 -0800

After the nader/bush ill-fiasco, I'd say we can't afford NOT to spend money on RCV. Why now? More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

Erik Hanberg — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:32:23 -0800

If the Irish can elect their President using RCV, and if Australia can elect their Parliament using it, then clearly it's not a case of whether it's more or less difficult. It's just different than what we're used to. More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

fredo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:03:59 -0800

RCV got off to a bad start. The voting materials didn't clearly state that you could just vote for your favorite candidate as you did in the past. More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

tacoma1 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:43:41 -0800

I would rather spend a million dollars on almost anything........except RCV. More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

Mofo from the Hood — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:00:45 -0800

RCV? Why now? More »

Re: Comics | Rank Choice Voting

Erik — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:47:24 -0800

Hard hitting Tacomic, pardon the pun. I am glad you are not afraid to be redundant in your labels anymore, your readers need it for comprehension. More »

Comics | Rank Choice Voting

NineInchNachos — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:00 -0800

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