(US) 3/06 - Demo election?

Author Message   Lora Cove Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: Lora Post Number: 66 Registered: 01-2005 Best of Black Box?  Votes: 1 (A keeper?) Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 2:59 pm:        What do you think about election activists setting up a "demo election" the way an election ought to be run, complete with paper ballots, hand counting, and full transparency? Show the public what a real election ought to look like?   Catherine Ansbro Frequent Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: Catherine_a Post Number: 1987 Registered: 12-2004 Best of Black Box? N/A Votes: 0 (A keeper?) Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 3:22 pm:        Excellent idea.   Michelle Smith Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: Galfromcal Post Number: 58 Registered: 11-2005 Best of Black Box?  Votes: 1 (A keeper?) Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 3:54 pm:        Lora, I Like it! I Like it....! Now how would we or any activist group pull it off? I would say, to get interest and participation of the public, it would be best to do an issue ballot. Like say, 3issues, 1st National/State Health Care, 2nd Illegal Immigration, and 3rd could be Women Health Care Choice. Wow, three covered well by the media, Issues/"Stones" thrown out by both parties, and something that I think a large percent of people have an opinion on. The reason they are issues and not candidates are for reason such as; people don't trust politicians, they get tired of the politicians, and these issues affect them/they have strong opinions on all of them. Just a thought I wanted to share. Sincerely, Michelle   Catherine Ansbro Frequent Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: Catherine_a Post Number: 1989 Registered: 12-2004 Best of Black Box? N/A Votes: 0 (A keeper?) Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 4:04 pm:        Hi Michelle, I like your idea because it is not that often that people get to express an opinion on a policy issue, unless you live in one of the states that makes it easy to do this. Another possibility would be to have a couple issues that are Yes/No, and to include one issue where voters can rank 3 or more options. Wow, that would be mind-blowing. (But before you do this, first figure out which kind of vote-counting method you'll use--IRV, Preferendum style, or other). (This would also make it slightly more compicated to count the votes, so you may or may not want to do this for your current purpose.)

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