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defe07
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« on: December 27, 2007, 03:04:43 PM »


Considering the fact that most of us voters have talked about reforming the Presidential Elections, I was wondering what most of you would support. I support either having a modified IRV system where you rank your candidates in order of preference and if a candidate wins each head-to-head matchup, that candidate (or in this case ticket) would win the EV (if not, the EV would go to the candidate that wins an absolute majority of the votes) or by going to a 2 vote system where parties nominate 2 candidates and it's up for grabs and the voters would be given 2 votes and could vote for any 2 candidates they want (for example, if a Nader voter wants to help the Greens without hurting the Democrats, it could possibly vote for Nader and Kerry for Pres and VP or viceversa). How about you? Please explain which system and why. Thanks! Smiley
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defe07
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« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2007, 03:05:19 PM »

Nationwide IRV poll with a NOTA option.

Why?
A nationwide poll because all citizens should be equal in an election. The value of one's vote for the Presidency shouldn't depend on where in the Union one happens to reside.
IRV because it allows the voter to express his true preferences without concern for wasting his vote; and encourages a greater number of candidates to stand giving the voter greater choice.

Greetings to Ireland! I wanted to ask you if you could explain how the ballots are, voting counting (manual or machine) and is there some sort of fee or number of petition signatures candidates in Ireland need to get when they run for Pres? Thanks Wink
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defe07
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« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2008, 06:56:28 PM »

Would any of you favor implementing IRV for the primaries?
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