[EM] Poll Ballot, from Richard

[Richard, the VoteFair guy]

Michael, here is my ballot.

You can translate this into your desired ballot format.

If you claim you need a full ranking, then I choose not to vote in this 
poll.  That's because I don't have time to research unfamiliar 
candidates and unfamiliar parties.

In the candidate poll my ballot is that I rank Biden as the only 
"approved" candidate -- even though I wish he would drop out and 
transfer his delegate votes to nearly anyone.

I rank Trump at the bottom of the candidate list, below all the other 
candidates, because he wants to destroy democracy, destroy the U.S. 
economy as a favor to Putin, and destroy the U.S. military as another 
favor to Putin.

In between I rank all the other candidates at the same preference level, 
and not worth researching to rank them because they lack high-level 
executive experience and expertise.

In the party poll, I rank the Democratic party as the only "approved" 
party because it's the only party offering a viable candidate.

Under current circumstances I rank the Republican party at the bottom of 
the list, below all other parties.  That's because they are not offering 
a candidate who wants to preserve fair elections, protect the U.S. 
against its enemies, and improve the economy.  As another flaw, the new 
Republican party platform claims the presidential election will not be 
fair if the Republican candidate doesn't win the presidential election.

In case you didn't notice the above words "only approved party," I'll 
clarify that all the parties other than the Democratic party are 
"unapproved" because they do not offer viable candidates.

Apparently, in this poll, you want me to point to one party as the one I 
like.  It's "none of the above."  That's because I dislike all current 
U.S. political parties.  Yes, I'm willing to "throw away" this vote to 
express this preference.

Clarification:  I register with either the Republican or Democratic 
party so I can vote in the primary elections of one or the other of the 
two parties that supply viable nominees.  I switch between those two 
parties periodically.  I dislike them both.  I also dislike all third 
parties.

My dislike of existing political parties is why I promote 
election-method reform!  If U.S. election reforms are well-designed, 
then in the future at least one U.S. party will be motivated to offer 
wise problem-solving leaders instead of whatever you want to call their 
current nominees.

Richard Fobes



On 7/16/2024 9:24 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote:
> One reason for my voting 1st is to demonstrate what I mean by the 
> voting-instructions:

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