[Lnc-business] While talking about alternative voting

Justin O'Donnell justin.odonnell at lp.org
Tue Oct 2 13:18:25 EDT 2018


Absolutely, Yes

---
Yours in Liberty,

Justin O'Donnell
LNC Region 8 Representative
LPNH Alternate- LNC Platform Committee
Chair- LPNH Platform Committee
Candidate for US Congress, NH-2
www.odonnell2018.org

On 2018-10-02 13:06, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
> Justin will you join me in a call for an electronic meeting to pass
>    goals?  I don't want another year to go by without them.
> 
>    On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:43 AM Justin O'Donnell via Lnc-business
>    <[1]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
>      LPNH has had this as a legislative focus for a long while, and 
> have
>      been
>      pushing Bills for years to implement Approval Voting in NH.
>      The Center for Election Sciences is also engaged in non partisan
>      efforts
>      to push Approval Voting across the country, I regularly 
> communicate
>      with
>      them and aide with their lobbying efforts in New England.
>      LPMA has been working with Fairvote to implement Ranked Choice
>      Voting in
>      Massachusetts, and Maine recently got RCV implemented for partisan
>      elections.
>      I'm incredibly partial to approval voting myself from a 
> mathematical
>      standpoint and the applications of Arrows Theorem of Voting
>      Fairness,
>      and have actually actively opposed RCV in NH because of the bills
>      that
>      have been submitted included replacing our multi member districts
>      (up to
>      30+ candidates for 11 seats) with ranked party slate voting. But I
>      recognize NH has a very unique electoral system that is especially
>      set
>      up to make RCV incompatible, but Approval Voting the ideal.
>      This IS a state by state issue though, and I know North Dakota is
>      starting to see traction with Approval voting due to the efforts 
> of
>      CES.
>      And I would support LP Involvement in the efforts.
>      ---
>      Yours in Liberty,
>      Justin O'Donnell
>      LNC Region 8 Representative
>      LPNH Alternate- LNC Platform Committee
>      Chair- LPNH Platform Committee
>      Candidate for US Congress, NH-2
>      [2]www.odonnell2018.org
>      On 2018-10-02 12:33, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
>      > I've become convinced we have a partially misplaced focus - ie
>      ballot
>      >    access and running candidates which is an endless
>      merry-go-round
>      >    repeated for decades now.
>      >
>      >    We should be adding a third prong nationally and that is
>      getting
>      >    alternate voting practices - I believe that is perhaps more
>      > important
>      >    (but at least equally important) as the other two and this
>      should
>      > start
>      >    to be a regular focus of our goals along with more strategic
>      > alliances.
>      >
>      >    We had our informal goals discussion - I ask for members to 
> now
>      join
>      > me
>      >    in calling for an e-meeting to set them.
>      >
>      >    --
>      >
>      >      In Liberty,
>      >    [uc?id=1DeRjq-L8dvRZabgEG94VkkUvjoHatcfP&export=download]
>      >    Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee 
> Secretary
>      >    - [1]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
>      >    Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
>      >    Call me at 561.523.2250 and follow my public figure page
>      >    at [2][3]facebook.com/pinkflameofliberty/
>      >
>      >
>      
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>      >
>      > References
>      >
>      >    1. mailto:[5]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>      >    2. [6]http://facebook.com/pinkflameofliberty/
>      >    3. [7]http://www.lp.org/
> 
>    --
> 
>      In Liberty,
>    [uc?id=1DeRjq-L8dvRZabgEG94VkkUvjoHatcfP&export=download]
>    Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee
>    Secretary - [8]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
>    Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
>    Call me at 561.523.2250 and follow my public figure page
>    at [9]facebook.com/pinkflameofliberty/
>    
> =======================================================================
>    ==
>    Peaceful Commerce With All Nations * Non-interventionism * 
> Re-Legalize
>    All Drugs * End Government Intrusion In The Bedroom * Repeal All Gun
>    Laws * Abolish All Taxation * Sound, Free-market Money * Abolish The
>    Fed * End Corporate & Individual Welfare * Abolish The IRS and 
> Repeal
>    the Income Tax * Privatize Transportation Infrastructure * 
> Free-market
>    Emergency Services * Open Migration * Transfer Government Schools To
>    The Private Sector * Eliminate Regulation *
>    VOTE LIBERTARIAN * 800-ELECT-US or [10]http://www.LP.org
>    
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>    ==
> 
> References
> 
>    1. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>    2. http://www.odonnell2018.org/
>    3. http://facebook.com/pinkflameofliberty/
>    4. http://www.LP.org/
>    5. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>    6. http://facebook.com/pinkflameofliberty/
>    7. http://www.lp.org/
>    8. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>    9. http://facebook.com/pinkflameofliberty/
>   10. http://www.lp.org/



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