[EM] Proposed Approval-Voting city stature wording

[Michael Ossipoff]

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On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 21:03 KenB <kdbearman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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