Hi M,
Here's a bit more about ranked choice voting - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2017/11/dorset-heaths-ranked-voting-and-world.html ... including ...
Opinion: Why Ranked Choice Voting Matters in Oakland
It will likely come into play in the race for the city council at large seat.
By Pedro Hernandez
http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/November-2016/Opinion-Why-Ranked-Choice-Voting-Matters-in-Oakland/
EDITORIAL
Keep experimenting with ranked-choice voting
http://m.startribune.com/keep-experimenting-with-ranked-choice-voting/405096596/Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff
Ranked choice voting (RCV) makes democracy more fair and functional. It works in a variety of contexts. It is a simple change that can have a big impact.
http://www.fairvote.org/rcv#rcvbenefits2017 Legislation Advancing Ranked Choice Voting
The following list and map summarize bills that would expand the use of ranked choice voting in the United States, organized by state. This list will be updated throughout 2017 as more bills are introduced.
http://www.fairvote.org/2017_legislation_advancing_ranked_choice_votingMuch comes back to fair representation -
Fair Representation
http://www.fairvote.org/fair_representationWonder how this can be extended with tele-voting? Physical PLACE - the polling place - is still so central to fairness in voting in representative democracies, when we can so so much else online these days.
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For example, Senator Tim Kaine, just Tweeted You Retweeted
If you’re still in line to vote in Virginia, STAY IN LINE!
If you’re still in line to vote in Virginia, STAY IN LINE!— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/timkaine/status/928049832782188547
(which I re-tweeted here - https://twitter.com/scottmacleod).
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And hopefully this will emerge as available information technologies in each of all Nation States as WUaS Universities ... https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States ...Love,
Scott
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M,
This article from Stanford Prof. Larry Diamond, and democracy advocate, on bringing back ranked voting to Maine just popped into social media (T) -
http://www.centralmaine.com/
- which you might find interesting. Any talk of "ranked voting" in Pgh? I heard a bit about it at Stanford Law a few months ago - it's very democratic, but also a bit more complicated - perhaps like
sports' statistics - so could conceivably lend itself to the internet ... but ... I found this Scientific American article from David Pogue on "When Will We Be Able to Vote Online? Other countries are bringing the democratic process to the digital age—but challenges remain" -
https://www.
... and it doesn't look like this will happen soon ... too many ways for people to abuse the system ...
http://www.centralmaine.com/
- which you might find interesting. Any talk of "ranked voting" in Pgh? I heard a bit about it at Stanford Law a few months ago - it's very democratic, but also a bit more complicated - perhaps like
sports' statistics - so could conceivably lend itself to the internet ... but ... I found this Scientific American article from David Pogue on "When Will We Be Able to Vote Online? Other countries are bringing the democratic process to the digital age—but challenges remain" -
https://www.
... and it doesn't look like this will happen soon ... too many ways for people to abuse the system ...
S
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Preferential voting or ranked-choice voting describes certain voting systems in which voters rank outcomes in a hierarchy on the ordinal scale (ordinal voting systems).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting
Instant-runoff voting (IRV), also known as the alternative vote (AV) or transferable vote, is a voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting
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Maine is now ground zero in the most important battle for democracy in the US that no one has heard about: http://www.centralmaine.com/?p=774118 .
Maine is now ground zero in the most important battle for democracy in the US that no one has heard about: https://t.co/91eu8O6NxW.— LarryDiamond (@LarryDiamond) November 6, 2017
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Design fair ranked voting info techs at WUaS per https://twitter.com/LarryDiamond/status/927354046842728449 … so all countries could develop their own best democratic practices?
Design fair ranked voting info techs at WUaS per https://t.co/vA6kAwO5rY so all countries could develop their own best democratic practices?— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) November 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/927661303203643392
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To Political_Science at WUaS https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/927635273894150144 … Ranked voting info techs planned coding-wise in all ~200 countries' official languages
To Political_Science at WUaS https://t.co/c3rt7Cx3sC Ranked voting info techs planned coding-wise in all ~200 countries' official languages— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) November 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/927667121101848577
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Political_Science wiki subject at World University and School -
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Political_Science - planned in all ~200 countries' official main languages ... (and will emerge newly in this wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org soon)
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WUaS seeks to build in RANKED VOTING info technologies in ~200 countries' languages https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States … A bit revolutionary democratically
WUaS seeks to build in RANKED VOTING info technologies in ~200 countries' languages https://t.co/LRKdU7cdv4 bit revolutionary democratically— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) November 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/927635273894150144
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Could ranked-choice voting be a good way in for computerized and tele-voting - using its complexity to ensure fairness? ... and also to generate voter turnout and engagement due to ease of voting from one's smartphone eventually ... ?
And in a realistic virtual world with all ~200 nation states present in their official languages and with people too from their smartphones voting in these realistic virtual worlds?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_Heaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Dorset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holt_Heath,_Dorset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Dorset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holt_Heath,_Dorset
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