[EM] Poll Ballot, from Richard

[Michael Ossipoff]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 16:55 Richard, the VoteFair guy <
electionmethods at votefair.org> wrote:

> Michael, here is my ballot.
>


> If you claim you need a full ranking, then I choose not to vote in this
> poll.


Richard—

Ballot recorded.

>
No, neither RP(wv), nor RCV, nor STV requires a full ranking. So your
ballot is perfectly technically valid & complete, as-is.

That's because I don't have time to research unfamiliar
> candidates and unfamiliar parties.


Of course, that’s a good reason to vote a short ranking or a 1-candidate
approval.

I & others voted that way in the voting-systems poll.

It would probably be as inappropriate as hell for the poll proposer &
conductor to comment on someone’s ballot.

But surely it would be okay for anyone here to reply to someone else’s
political comments, or evaluations of candidates & parties.

Such discussion is necessary, & there’s an understanding here that
“electioneering” is part of polling…or at least should be permissible. I
believe that it’s more than permissible: Discussion about why we vote as we
do, & the expression of contrary opinions, reactions or choices, are
essential.

But it probably wouldn’t be appropriate in the “official” reply that
acknowledges your ballot.

So I’ll reply in a separate post, immediately after this one.






>
> 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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