[EM] Am I still subscribed?

Kristofer Munsterhjelm km_elmet at t-online.de
Wed Feb 8 13:59:57 PST 2017


On 02/08/2017 05:03 AM, VoteFair wrote:
> On 2/7/2017 4:03 PM, Monkey Puzzle wrote:
>> I've actually become more optimistic recently.  I think the
>> opportunity for reform is actually brighter now than it would have
>> been had Trump lost.
> 
> Just after the election I too was hopeful.
> 
> However I have lost that optimism as a result of seeing that most voters
> have become distracted by other, less-important, election issues, such
> as voter suppression, "fake news," Russian hacking, gerrymandering,
> electoral college votes, cabinet-member choices, etc.
> 
> Compared to those issues, banning single-mark ballots would have far
> more success.  Alas, we have not been able to get that concept across.
> 
> I was also optimistic that Canada would follow through on the prime
> minister's promise to abandon "first-past-the-post," but that has ended
> with no reform because election-method reformers cannot agree on what to
> replace FPTP with.

It seems simple enough to just do a New Zealand ballot:

1. Do you want to change the voting method? (yes/no)
2. If yes wins, what do you want to replace it with? (use either
Plurality or Approval for the meta-election method here)


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