[EM] Proposed Approval-Voting city stature wording

[KenB]

 From a quick search, it looks like Gov. Burgum vetoed the NoDak 
Legislature's bill banning both Approval and RCV voting last April, and 
the Senate failed to override his veto.

https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/push-to-override-veto-of-approval-voting-ban-fails-in-north-dakota-senate
   -Ken Bearman, Minneapolis MN

On 1/25/2024 10:23 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote:

>
> I looked at the St. Louis wording, & it was much briefer. I wanted to 
> try to spell things out.
>
> I included results-reporting because I feel that’s important.
>
> Saint Louis has a runoff. I propose it without one. A runoff loses FBC 
> compliance, & invites some offensive-strategies.
>
> I didn’t say “no runoff”, but that’s implied when I said to elect the 
> candidate who got the most approvals.
>
> I haven’t checked the Fargo wording yet. Has the ND legislature’s ban 
> on Approval been overturned?
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 16:48 KenB <kdbearman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     How does your proposed wording compare to the ordinances that
>     Fargo ND
>     and St. Louis MO actually have?
>        - Ken Bearman, Minneapolis MN
>
>
>     On 1/25/2024 3:46 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote:
>
>     > Proposed wording for city Approval-Voting statute:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > Approval-Voting Statute:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > Voting:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > In every election for electing a single-winner to a single-seat
>     office
>     > in this city:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > Each voter shall be allowed to Approve(i.e. vote for, mark) as many
>     > candidates as s/he wishes to on the ballot. Each candidate’s votes
>     > shall be summed over all the ballots, & the candidate receiving the
>     > most votes shall be declared winner & is elected to that office.
>     > …
>     > Implementation:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > Count-software:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > The count-software code for detecting & disallowing “over-votes”
>     > (votes for more than one candidate on a ballot) shall be deleted.
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > The ballot’s voting-instruction:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > The ballot’s voting-instruction shall be changed from “Vote for 1
>     > candidate” to “Vote for 1 or more candidates”.
>     > …
>     > Election-results reporting:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > The following election results shall be reported by the elections
>     > department, & made available to local media, & displayed on the
>     > official county website, & made available on paper at the
>     > elections-department office:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > 1. The winner
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > 2. The vote-total of every candidate
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > 3: The following information:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > Where N = either 4 or 5 or 6:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > For the N top vote-receiving candidates:
>     >
>     > …
>     >
>     > The percentage of the ballots that exemplify each one of the 2^N
>     > possible ways of approving & not approving those N candidates.
>     >
>     >
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