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Publius Patriota

"As we gear up for the 2024 presidential election, and look forward to a future that might better…

As long as single choice plurality voting is prevalent in U.S. elections, there will continue to be two dominant parties with no effective…

Mar 15, 2023

Mar 15, 2023

Replacing winner-take-all elections with proportional representation should result in politicians…

Mar 12, 2023

Mar 12, 2023

An excellent example of the consequences of plurality voting resulting in a winner by splitting the…

Feb 10, 2023

Feb 10, 2023

"In theory, in this type of political contest all a candidate needs is a simple majority of votes…

Offices in some states do not require a majority of the votes cast to win - only a plurality of the votes. That includes the office of…

Feb 15, 2022

Feb 15, 2022

"Alaskans first used RCV ballots in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, creating a transition…

I predict that Alaskans will soon be dissatisfied with their newly passed single top-four open primary using plurality voting. A superior…

Feb 14, 2022

Feb 14, 2022

"We reject policy extremism and realize the problem is our leaders — or more specifically, how we…

Ranked choice voting will allow residents to vote their conscience without acting as a spoiler. But it does not eliminate winner take all…

Dec 19, 2021

Dec 19, 2021

"Maine is a national leader in rank choice voting but RCV does not apply to state and local…

I disagree. "Plurality" means the most votes while "majority" means half of the votes plus one. Below is a list of the Maine constitution…

Dec 19, 2021

Dec 19, 2021

"As time has passed, more and more powers have accrued to the Federal government as it has twisted…

The Federal government continues to encroach on the rights of the states and the people. Congress passes laws with little regard for their…

Nov 27, 2021

Nov 27, 2021

"I am registered as a Democrat.

You shouldn't have to declare a political affiliation when registering to vote. Since major party primary elections are subsidized by state…

Nov 27, 2021

Nov 27, 2021

"For the majority of both Trump and Biden voters compromise, working with those in the other Party…

If congressional and state single member districts were replaced with larger, multi-member districts with the seats filled via proportional…

Nov 26, 2021

Nov 26, 2021

Publius Patriota

Publius Patriota

Pseudonym for Dale Clinbeard, election reformist & founder of fairelectionadvocates.org publiuspatriota@charter.net

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