I'm presenting at Arisia (just a little bit)

Jan 07, 2012 13:33

At Arisia, Sunday at 1pm I'll be taking part in "Arisia Lightning Talks" in which Arisians distill down something they find fascinating and wish to share into the essence that fits in 5 minutes. I'll be talking about elections, two notably messy elections, a better way, and a false better way. This may be review for anyone I've talked to, ever, but ( Read more... )

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cos January 7 2012, 20:22:06 UTC
This kinda makes me want to prepare a companion/counterpoint to what I think your talk will say.

How does one sign up for these? Or is it too late already?

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soong January 7 2012, 20:36:37 UTC
In theory signup was months ago, and slides were due last Monday, but I could give you the email of the organizer in case there are openings.
The short-short version: Bush-Gore-Nader 2000, Chirac-Le Pen 2002, Condorcet rocks, IRV sucks, (See also finance, redistricting, media, ballot access, suppression, etc)

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devreux January 7 2012, 23:34:21 UTC
Rock on!!

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flexagon January 8 2012, 20:58:09 UTC
Exciting! Since we're now past that time... I hope you'll tell us how it went. :)

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soong January 9 2012, 00:40:54 UTC
Not quite, it's next Sunday.

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