<div><br></div><div dir="auto">👍⭐️🔥<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 21:03 KenB <<a href="mailto:kdbearman@gmail.com">kdbearman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><u></u>
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<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,0)">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.<br>
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<a href="https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/push-to-override-veto-of-approval-voting-ban-fails-in-north-dakota-senate" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/push-to-override-veto-of-approval-voting-ban-fails-in-north-dakota-senate</a><br>
-Ken Bearman, Minneapolis MN<br>
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</font></p></div><div><p>On 1/25/2024 10:23 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote:</p>
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<div dir="auto">I looked at the St. Louis wording, & it was
much briefer. I wanted to try to spell things out.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I included results-reporting because I feel that’s
important.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Saint Louis has a runoff. I propose it without
one. A runoff loses FBC compliance, & invites some
offensive-strategies.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I didn’t say “no runoff”, but that’s implied when
I said to elect the candidate who got the most approvals.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I haven’t checked the Fargo wording yet. Has the
ND legislature’s ban on Approval been overturned?</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at
16:48 KenB <<a href="mailto:kdbearman@gmail.com" target="_blank">kdbearman@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><font face="Comic Sans MS" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,0,0)">How does your proposed wording
compare to the ordinances that Fargo ND <br>
and St. Louis MO actually have?<br>
- Ken Bearman, Minneapolis MN</font><br>
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On 1/25/2024 3:46 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote:<br>
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> Proposed wording for city Approval-Voting statute:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> Approval-Voting Statute:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> Voting:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> In every election for electing a single-winner to a
single-seat office <br>
> in this city:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> Each voter shall be allowed to Approve(i.e. vote for,
mark) as many <br>
> candidates as s/he wishes to on the ballot. Each
candidate’s votes <br>
> shall be summed over all the ballots, & the
candidate receiving the <br>
> most votes shall be declared winner & is elected to
that office.<br>
> …<br>
> Implementation:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> Count-software:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> The count-software code for detecting & disallowing
“over-votes” <br>
> (votes for more than one candidate on a ballot) shall
be deleted.<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> The ballot’s voting-instruction:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> The ballot’s voting-instruction shall be changed from
“Vote for 1 <br>
> candidate” to “Vote for 1 or more candidates”.<br>
> …<br>
> Election-results reporting:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> The following election results shall be reported by the
elections <br>
> department, & made available to local media, &
displayed on the <br>
> official county website, & made available on paper
at the <br>
> elections-department office:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> 1. The winner<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> 2. The vote-total of every candidate<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> 3: The following information:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> Where N = either 4 or 5 or 6:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> For the N top vote-receiving candidates:<br>
><br>
> …<br>
><br>
> The percentage of the ballots that exemplify each one
of the 2^N <br>
> possible ways of approving & not approving those N
candidates.<br>
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