Category Archives: regime change

Money in Politics

Posted on October 11, 2017 by

I often read advocacy to restrict money in politics. Emphasizing attempts to restrict it may amount to a misdirection of effort. What may be more effective is to arrange matters in such a way that the money and advertising won’t … Continue reading →

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Balanced Elimination Voting, Version _n+1_

Posted on September 21, 2017 by

This version revises the triggering rule for ranks mentioning more than one candidate. I propose the following form of balanced elimination voting for single-winner elections, unless the political forces favoring the elimination of single-winner elections prevail. The voters list on … Continue reading →

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Balanced Elimination Voting

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

[Version 3] This is a proposal for a method of election of a single winner. Prescription The Ballot The top of the ballot will sport a checkbox labeled “Tally from the top down.” If the voter does not check this … Continue reading →

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Disagree with Trump’s Actions?

Posted on January 29, 2017 by

I want to encourage those who disagree with Trump’s actions in office to think of systems, not persons. Ask yourself whether the US has a good way to choose who becomes President. And answer yourself, no it does not. It’s … Continue reading →

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Simulating Finer-grained Score Voting Given A Coarse-grained System

Posted on December 28, 2016 by

Someone commented on Facebook: So basically approval is saying that for example a Green would be just as happy with a Democrat and that is not true. Too many think that Greens are similar to Democrats when the motives behind … Continue reading →

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nicky case: Interactive Explanation of Voting Systems

Posted on December 14, 2016 by

Please see http://ncase.me/ballot/

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Equal-Weighted Voting

Posted on November 10, 2016 by

You don’t have democracy unless your voting system gives the same amount of influence over the outcome (same amount of political power) to every voter regardless of the voter’s opinion on the candidates. A voting system is undemocratic if and … Continue reading →

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