<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4">Advanced head to head math will have to wait a bit due to the LOW LOW LOW math skills of the math moron SCOTUS and media.<BR>
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IRV for legislative bodies will be accurate enough for a while.<BR>
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The minority rule gerrymander CRISIS in Western Civilization is N-O-W -- U.S.A., U.K., Canada, etc.<BR>
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DEMOCRACY ELECTION REFORMS 24 FEB 2013<BR>
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LEGIS-EXACT P.R. - EXEC/JUDIC APPROVAL VOTING<BR>
[NO PRIMARIES, CAUCUSES AND CONVENTIONS]<BR>
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Sec. A. (1) All election laws and areas shall exist 280 days before the election day involved.<BR>
(2) All candidates for the same office in the same area shall by a general law have the same nominating petition requirements to get their names directly on the election ballots.<BR>
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Sec. B. (1) The Electors shall elect the members of each state and local legislative body for 1 year terms.<BR>
(2) The number of districts for each body shall be the total members divided by 5 and rounded up to a whole number.<BR>
(3) As nearly as possible, (A) each district shall (a) contain an equal number of Electors at the last regular general election [for governor] plus or minus 1 percent, (b) be 1 or more local governments and/or a part of not more than 2 local governments and (c) be contiguous and square; and (B) each local government shall be 1 or more districts and/or a part of not more than 2 districts.<BR>
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Sec. C. (1) Each legislative body candidate shall receive a list of the candidates for the body in all districts at least 70 days before the general election.<BR>
(2) Each candidate shall rank the other candidates in all districts (using 1 (highest), 2, etc.) and file such rank order list by 4 P.M. 63 days before the general election.<BR>
(3) The lists shall be made public immediately at such deadline.<BR>
(4) If a valid list is not filed, then the candidate’s name shall be removed from the ballots.<BR>
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Sec. D. (1) Each Elector may vote for 1 candidate for each legislative body.<BR>
(2) If the number of remaining candidates in all districts is more than the total number to be elected, then the candidate with the lowest votes in all districts shall lose.<BR>
(3) The loser’s votes shall be moved to 1 remaining candidate in any district, using the original loser candidate’s rank order list(s).<BR>
(4) Steps (2) and (3) shall repeat until the number of remaining candidates in all districts equals the number to be elected.<BR>
(5) Such candidates shall be elected.<BR>
(6) Each member shall have a voting power in the legislative body equal to the final votes that he/she receives.<BR>
(7) A fractional part of a legislative body shall mean the members having such fractional part of the total voting powers.<BR>
(8) Example- 100 Votes. Elect 5.<BR>
A 26 <BR>
B 20<BR>
C 18<BR>
D 16<BR>
E 9<BR>
F 7 + 4 = 11<BR>
G 4 - 4 = 0 Loses<BR>
100 Total<BR>
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A 26 Elected<BR>
B 20 Elected<BR>
C 18 Elected<BR>
D 16 + 9 = 25 Elected<BR>
F 11 Elected<BR>
E 9 - 9 = 0 Loses<BR>
100 Total<BR>
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Sec. E. (1) A legislative body candidate or member may file a written rank order list of persons to fill his/her vacancy, if any.<BR>
(2) Any list shall be made public immediately.<BR>
(3) The qualified person who is highest on the list shall fill any vacancy.<BR>
(4) If the preceding does not happen, then the legislative body shall fill the vacancy with a person of the same party (if any) immediately at its next meeting.<BR>
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Sec. F. The Electors shall elect all elected executive officers for 1 year terms.<BR>
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Sec. G. (1) The Electors shall elect (a) 7 supreme court judges in 1 district for 6 year terms and (b) 3 to 12 judges by law in each appeals court and circuit court district (based on judicial activity) for 2, 4 and/or 6 year terms.<BR>
(2) As nearly as possible, one third of the judges in each district shall be elected in each even numbered year.<BR>
(3) No change in a district shall have the effect of removing a judge from office during his or her term.<BR>
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Sec. H. (1) All elected executive officers and all judges shall be nominated for and elected at nonpartisan elections.<BR>
(2) Each Elector may vote for 1 or more candidates for each elected executive office or judge (including 1 write-in for each position).<BR>
(3) The candidate(s) getting the most votes shall be elected (for the longest terms respectively in the case of 2 or more positions with different terms).</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>