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“Greater Turnout Doesn’t Necessarily Mean a Better-Informed Public,” She Said

Don Young

Article: How Did Trump Ever Win? - Trump owes his nomination in 2016 to plurality voting. This is not news to anyone who has followed this series of articles, but it is a message that is worth repeating. The real purpose of this article is to gather into one short article the important reasons for favoring balanced approval voting.

And what we see in this poll, its over 60% of americans say, they probably or definitely would not vote for the former president, donald trump. well a majority also say, they probably, or definitely, would not vote for joe biden. but whats key to understand about this, theyre asking about each of the candidates individually, not matching them up against each other. >> okay. why are they even asking that question? i would even get to that? >> we couldve. >> what happens when the former president ...

Eighty to ninety percent of general elections are now “safe” for one party due to gerrymandering. That’s how 94% of incumbents get reelected despite Congress having an approval rating in

Gary Swing has run for office on minor party tickets a dozen times in three states since 1996 and is seeking the Colorado Unity Partys nomination on next years ballot

Now that the dust has settled on the North Dakota Legislature's session, columnist Jim Shaw decided to hand out some awards.

Article: Notation for Voting Systems - The great similarity of both the terminology and notation shared by approval voting and balanced approval voting is explored in this article. The article also points out a sometimes troubling assumption behind some common notations for scoring voting systems that can easily be unnoticed. .

"The job of these legislators is to support what their constituents want, not to vote against their wishes," columnist Jim Shaw writes of approval voting in Fargo.

Chris Fastnaught writes about the North Dakota Legislature's recent ban on approval voting. He asks how legislators justify overruling the rule of the people.