I've been busy.

[aelburr]

Yeah, I know you were all just holding your collective breath waiting for me to say... anything.

Well, I've been busy. I've got a little free time now so I can share my wisdom (folly) again

Comments

[neugotik]

Yay! you posted! *grin* I was noticing the Brit-like similarity too: the whole, one party is in control or the other, the "turning over" of the committees to whichever party is majority- it is really similar in those ways.

If we had "tiered voting" i.e. vote for your 3 favorites in descending order.. then we would get a lot more party varience.

Did you see my ol' post about "more party animals"?? *grin* heh. I like the rw&b octopus & rat, and giraffe.

[aelburr]

Damn computers. There was supposed to be a joke in the gap of the above post...

^Insert Sarcasm Here^

but with those pointy brackets turned on their sides. I guess it thought I was trying a legit command. Friggin Microsoft thinks it knows what I want to say better than I do.

[neugotik]

lol - well, you can go back & edit the entry I suppose.

[tesla_aldrich]

Yes, BUT!

Minneapolis has approved Instant Runoff Voting! Of course it's only going to be City elections (for now), and it doesn't include school board, but it IS the beginning of a groundswell of support for a system that allows us to vote for whom we want to elect, without worrying about "spoiler" situations.

Okay, I realize that I'm barely coherent. I'm still excited about it plus I'm in a hurry. I'll post something later about why I think that it may have been the single most important question on the ballot this time around (although it doesn't look like much right now).

now I ramble: lol.

[neugotik]

it sounds cool from the little bit I've heard about it - I love the idea (thus far!) I also like petition options to get things on the ballot (like we had out in Oregon- but it has to be done w/lots of signatures so you don't get a ton of crap on the ballot) & also I like the idea of "tiered voting" - so that you can vote for more then one person in each category & the votes are weighted & if less then a certain percent goes to any candidate the votes rollover to the next - it's a system I read about for bringing 3rd parties into more viability (so many people don't vote for Greens/Independents because they don't like either the Dem or the Rep so much they can't stand the idea that their vote might "elect" the worst guy - I'm sad I can't explain it better, but it's a really cool idea) ...