[EM] Re: Action

[DEMOREP1 at aol.com]

Mr. Weinstein wrote in part-

Such a survey portion may not be the key part of the paper for reporters or 
public to focus on, but it will help make the case that Approval (unlike IRV 
or Lone-Mark) is the result of systematic scientific study and objective 
considerations, and is not merely another historical accident or 
subjectively appealing here-it-is and aint-it-pretty arbitrary choice of 
method.  I volunteer, for over the next two months, to write a first draft 
of this sort of survey discussion.

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D -- Simple Approval is just YES or NO from issue elections (somewhat routine 
in about 30 States) applied to candidate elections. 

A massive new study is hardly needed.

Desired (none, 1 or more) > Compromise (none, 1 or more) > Unacceptable 
(none, 1 or more).

Approval would at least be a transition method to Number Voting and Condorcet 
math (Head to Head).

The evil forces behind gerrymanders and pluralty are very strong and very 
dangerous so ANY serious reform will get some very heavy political flak 
attacking it.