[EM] The Occupy Movement: A Ray of Hope -- in Politics

[Dave Ketchum]

I am delighted to hear of this valuable activity.  A couple notes:
      .  "local, state, federal and global levels" are  
Open_voting_network topics. All except global are important in the US  
in 2012 as a year in which serious activity is possible - within the  
framework of current laws, but without depending on instantly changing  
the laws..
      .  "primary" is a word used here.  It is different from the  
"primary elections" used in the US - they are used by parties to cope  
with the needs of plurality voting.
      .  Among the possibilities would be such as destructive  
competition between Occupy-backing candidates in the Green and  
Libertarian parties - if they split the votes of Occupy backers and  
thus each lost.

On Dec 11, 2011, at 1:42 AM, Michael Allan wrote:
> Dave Ketchum wrote:
>> Write-ins can be effective.  I hold up proof this year.  For
>> a supervisor race:
>>  111 Rep - Joe - on the ballot from winning primary, though not
>>            campaigning.
>>  346 Con - Darlene - running as Con though unable to run as Rep+Con.
>>  540 Write-in - Bob - who gets the votes with his campaign starting
>>                 18 days before election day.
>
> We're floating the idea within Occupy of a primary voting network that
> might help by giving independents a leg up.  It would extend not only
> across and beyond parties, but also across any number of voting
> methods and service providers: (see also the discussion tab here)
> https://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/User:Michael_Allan/RFC/ 
> Open_voting_network
>
> It's not easy to summarize, but maybe easier from the voter's POV:
>
>   We won't endorse any single provider (monopoly) of primary voting
>   and consensus making services.  Instead we'll maintain an open
>   voting network (counter-monopoly) in which: (1) no person is
>   excluded from participating in the development of alternative
>   technologies and methodologies of consensus making; (2) no toolset,
>   platform or practice is excluded; and (3) each person may freely
>   choose a provider, toolset and practices based on personal needs
>   and preferences without thereby becoming isolated from participants
>   who make different choices.
>
> None of this is especially difficult (not technically), but it's hard
> to imagine how it could ever get started without Occupy.
>
> -- 
> Michael Allan
>
> Toronto, +1 416-699-9528
> http://zelea.com/
>
> Dave Ketchum wrote: ...
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