[EM] Approval Voting Op-Ed material

[Anthony Simmons]

>> From: Alex Small <asmall at physics.ucsb.edu>
>> Subject: [EM] Approval Voting Op-Ed material

>> As per Anthony's advice, I expanded the pro-AV essay to
>> 800 words, more appropriate for an op-ed.  I tried to trim
>> it to serve as a letter, but I couldn't decide what to
>> trim.  I flesh out a few points, and also critique IRV.

>> If anybody comes up with the contact info of newspapers in
>> areas with IRV ballot initiatives (e.g. Alaska) send me
>> the contact info and I'll submit it.  For that matter,
>> send it to the whole list, since I'm sure plenty of people
>> here have some good material on their hard drives.

Well done.  I like the new critique of IRV; it kind of wanted
to be there.

Media contacts are easy now, thanks to the Internet.  Once
you get started, lists lead to more lists.  And of course,
every municipal library has a pointer to similar resources.
Some starting leads:  (some could have gone south since the
last time I looked; that's the nature of links)


www.ipl.org

    The lobby of the Internet Public Library, which has links
    to just about every general newspaper on the Internet
    (and not many newspapers aren't on the Internet these
    days).  Follow the link and look up the contact on the
    web site.  Also has a magazine section and online texts,
    too.  Fantastic place.


http://ajr.newslink.org/

    AJR NewsLink -- huge lists of newspapers, magazines and
    other stuff


http://www.krl.org/reference/newspapers.html

    Newspapers Online -- lists, plus links to other lists.


http://www.NewspaperLinks.com/content.asp

    Newspaper Association of America -- Newspaper Links --
    huge list of US papers, by state


http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/journals.html

    AcqWeb's Directory of Journals, Newsletters and Listserv
    Archives -- short list of lists


http://pppp.net/links/news/

    The Ultimate Collection of News Links


http://www.thepaperboy.com/

    The Paperboy


http://www.atlantic.net/~bdarl/news.html

    List of newspapers on the net


Oh, by the way, the apostrophe is coming across as weird
characters here.  Just in case, you might want to use
low ascii characters instead, for submission to an editor.


>> Here it is:

>> REAL VOTING REFORM

>> By Alex Small

>> Every election cycle many Americans lament the lack of a
>> strong third party.  Some say that the two parties are
>> corrupt.  Others don^Òt fit in with either party, perhaps
>> being conservative on economic issues and liberal on
>> social issues.  Whatever their reasons, many Americans
>> want more options.

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