Comments on: A Modest Proposal http://xrlq.com/2008/05/19/a-modest-proposal-2/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Mon, 14 May 2012 18:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Manish http://xrlq.com/2008/05/19/a-modest-proposal-2/comment-page-1/#comment-408350 Manish Fri, 23 May 2008 19:38:43 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3407#comment-408350 If you are in favor of run-offs, then disapproving of one candidate is pretty much equivalent to voting in favor of another. Ultimately, you ensure that that person is forced into a run-off (assuming that they are doing well). If you are in favor of run-offs, then disapproving of one candidate is pretty much equivalent to voting in favor of another. Ultimately, you ensure that that person is forced into a run-off (assuming that they are doing well).

]]> By: Milhouse http://xrlq.com/2008/05/19/a-modest-proposal-2/comment-page-1/#comment-408100 Milhouse Thu, 22 May 2008 22:00:23 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3407#comment-408100 Just vote like we've done in Australia for the past 70 years. Put a 1 next to your favourite candidate, a 2 next to your second choice, and so down the list, numbering your least-favoured candidate last. It really isn't complicated; even little old ladies and immigrants who can barely read English manage it, and the parties hand out helpful "how to vote" cards with their recommendations for what numbers to put where, so all you have to do is copy your party's card onto the ballot. If you can't do that, you shouldn't be voting. Just vote like we’ve done in Australia for the past 70 years. Put a 1 next to your favourite candidate, a 2 next to your second choice, and so down the list, numbering your least-favoured candidate last. It really isn’t complicated; even little old ladies and immigrants who can barely read English manage it, and the parties hand out helpful “how to vote” cards with their recommendations for what numbers to put where, so all you have to do is copy your party’s card onto the ballot. If you can’t do that, you shouldn’t be voting.

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2008/05/19/a-modest-proposal-2/comment-page-1/#comment-407323 Xrlq Tue, 20 May 2008 02:05:30 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3407#comment-407323 The problem with approval voting is that voters who disapprove of all candidates will likely sit the election out. As for the bottom 5%, to hell with them. The more opportunities the idiots who shouldn't be voting anyway have to spoil their own ballots, the better. The butterfly ballot controversy was a joke anyway; they've had them in Cook County, IL for as long as I can remember, and yet at least one Daley had the chutzpah to publicly complain about them being used in Palm Beach County, FL. The problem with approval voting is that voters who disapprove of all candidates will likely sit the election out. As for the bottom 5%, to hell with them. The more opportunities the idiots who shouldn’t be voting anyway have to spoil their own ballots, the better. The butterfly ballot controversy was a joke anyway; they’ve had them in Cook County, IL for as long as I can remember, and yet at least one Daley had the chutzpah to publicly complain about them being used in Palm Beach County, FL.

]]> By: Daryl Herbert http://xrlq.com/2008/05/19/a-modest-proposal-2/comment-page-1/#comment-407296 Daryl Herbert Mon, 19 May 2008 23:09:45 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3407#comment-407296 Approval voting is simpler--people can "vote" for as many candidates as they like (approve or disapprove) and then you're left with only the most-approved candidates to choose from. Your method is way too complicated for voters--just look at how much trouble the "butterfly ballots" caused in Florida. Remember: Approximately 5% of voters are in the bottom 5%, IQ-wise, of this country. That's a lot of bad ballots. Approval voting is simpler–people can “vote” for as many candidates as they like (approve or disapprove) and then you’re left with only the most-approved candidates to choose from.

Your method is way too complicated for voters–just look at how much trouble the “butterfly ballots” caused in Florida. Remember: Approximately 5% of voters are in the bottom 5%, IQ-wise, of this country. That’s a lot of bad ballots.

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2008/05/19/a-modest-proposal-2/comment-page-1/#comment-407262 Xrlq Mon, 19 May 2008 20:13:13 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3407#comment-407262 Humiliation plus exclusion from any run-offs. The latter is not so much a punishment as the logical conclusion of the fact that if you get a negative vote toll, "not you" won the election. Humiliation plus exclusion from any run-offs. The latter is not so much a punishment as the logical conclusion of the fact that if you get a negative vote toll, “not you” won the election.

]]> By: Pigilito http://xrlq.com/2008/05/19/a-modest-proposal-2/comment-page-1/#comment-407226 Pigilito Mon, 19 May 2008 10:52:55 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3407#comment-407226 Is there any punishment in your plan for candidates ending up with negative vote totals? Or is the humiliation enough? Is there any punishment in your plan for candidates ending up with negative vote totals? Or is the humiliation enough?

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