Archive for the 'elections' Category

Electoral advancement

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

A break from our two-party system will not be possible until the our system of party primaries and electoral rules is revamped. This requires the election of lawmakers willing to make the necessary changes– changes that would ironically demolish the dual-party power sharing architecture that allowed the lawmakers to get there in the first place.I [...]

A ranked voting system

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Everyone agrees that the American voting system has flaws. Not everyone agrees on what should to be done to improve it.
One idea growing in popularity is switching to a ranked voting system called Instant Runoff Voting.
http://www.fairvote.org/
This would enable people to vote their conscience, while still casting their vote for an electable leader. I think the [...]