[EM] Unhappy news regarding Burlington

[Daniel Carrera]

Sad news indeed. But let me just say that I really appreciate all the
effort you've put in to get Burlington to adopt a sane election method. It
is very unfortunate that people are so stubborn. But your efforts are
really appreciated.

Best wishes,
Daniel



On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 4:30 PM robert bristow-johnson <
rbj at audioimagination.com> wrote:

>
> Despite my best efforts, the Vermont governor allowed the Burlington
> charter change, returning RCV to Burlington after 13 years, to become law
> without his signature.
>
> Earlier, the House Government Operations committee stripped the explicit
> Hare method from the language of the charter change, leaving the specific
> RCV method up to city council, but I have no doubt it will be Hare.
>
> I warned them that some future legislature and a different governor will
> pass a statewide RCV into law, and because this gives Hare the leg up,
> someday we will be opaquely transporting 300,000 ballots from every corner
> of the state to Montpelier, just to know who the next governor or LG or AG
> or Sec of State is.  With no redundant way to independently check on an
> election outcome.
>
> There are some smaller victories.  The Deputy Sec of State, who is running
> for SoS, "gets it".  And I have connected him to Eric Maskin, the Nobel
> laureate and coauthor of The Fairest Vote of All.
>
> But people are all of stubborn, stupid, craven, and dishonest.
>
> Licking my wounds after a brusing fight.
>
> robert
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-- 
Dr. Daniel Carrera
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Iowa State University
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