<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 16:55 Richard, the VoteFair guy <<a href="mailto:electionmethods@votefair.org">electionmethods@votefair.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" dir="auto">Michael, here is my ballot.<br></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" dir="auto"><br>
If you claim you need a full ranking, then I choose not to vote in this <br>
poll. </blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Richard—</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ballot recorded.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" dir="auto"> </blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">No, neither RP(wv), nor RCV, nor STV requires a full ranking. So your ballot is perfectly technically valid & complete, as-is.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" dir="auto">That's because I don't have time to research unfamiliar <br>
candidates and unfamiliar parties.</blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Of course, that’s a good reason to vote a short ranking or a 1-candidate approval.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I & others voted that way in the voting-systems poll.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It would probably be as inappropriate as hell for the poll proposer & conductor to comment on someone’s ballot.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But surely it would be okay for anyone here to reply to someone else’s political comments, or evaluations of candidates & parties.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But it probably wouldn’t be appropriate in the “official” reply that acknowledges your ballot.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So I’ll reply in a separate post, immediately after this one. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" dir="auto"><br>
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In the candidate poll my ballot is that I rank Biden as the only <br>
"approved" candidate -- even though I wish he would drop out and <br>
transfer his delegate votes to nearly anyone.<br>
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I rank Trump at the bottom of the candidate list, below all the other <br>
candidates, because he wants to destroy democracy, destroy the U.S. <br>
economy as a favor to Putin, and destroy the U.S. military as another <br>
favor to Putin.<br>
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In between I rank all the other candidates at the same preference level, <br>
and not worth researching to rank them because they lack high-level <br>
executive experience and expertise.<br>
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In the party poll, I rank the Democratic party as the only "approved" <br>
party because it's the only party offering a viable candidate.<br>
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Under current circumstances I rank the Republican party at the bottom of <br>
the list, below all other parties. That's because they are not offering <br>
a candidate who wants to preserve fair elections, protect the U.S. <br>
against its enemies, and improve the economy. As another flaw, the new <br>
Republican party platform claims the presidential election will not be <br>
fair if the Republican candidate doesn't win the presidential election.<br>
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In case you didn't notice the above words "only approved party," I'll <br>
clarify that all the parties other than the Democratic party are <br>
"unapproved" because they do not offer viable candidates.<br>
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Apparently, in this poll, you want me to point to one party as the one I <br>
like. It's "none of the above." That's because I dislike all current <br>
U.S. political parties. Yes, I'm willing to "throw away" this vote to <br>
express this preference.<br>
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Clarification: I register with either the Republican or Democratic <br>
party so I can vote in the primary elections of one or the other of the <br>
two parties that supply viable nominees. I switch between those two <br>
parties periodically. I dislike them both. I also dislike all third <br>
parties.<br>
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My dislike of existing political parties is why I promote <br>
election-method reform! If U.S. election reforms are well-designed, <br>
then in the future at least one U.S. party will be motivated to offer <br>
wise problem-solving leaders instead of whatever you want to call their <br>
current nominees.<br>
<br>
Richard Fobes<br>
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On 7/16/2024 9:24 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote:<br>
> One reason for my voting 1st is to demonstrate what I mean by the <br>
> voting-instructions:<br>
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