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WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President
Posted by: mantell (IP Logged)
Date: June 15, 2007 09:37AM

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I propose WDDM endorse Mike Gravel in his bid for the US Presidency.


Here's what Wikipedia says about his campaign:


"His campaign is based primarily on his ardent support for direct democracy (the National Initiative)...."


While no one but Mike has taken on direct democracy, I note that Dennis Kucinich has an electoral reform campaign plank called Instant-runoff voting (IRV). IRV is:


"a voting system used for single winner elections in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. In an IRV election, if no candidate receives an overall majority of first preferences, the candidates with fewest votes are eliminated one by one, and their votes transferred according to their second and third preferences (and so on) and all votes retallied, until one candidate achieves a majority. The term 'instant runoff voting' is used because this process resembles a series of run-off elections."


I'd like to take this endorsement proposal to the membership as an initiative. The process under the charter for business initiatives is:
1. This posting which is really just a heads up and an opportunity for WDDM leadership to add your 'two cents' early on.

2. Based on your opinion and suggestions I'll post a proposal on the general discussion board. If it receives a few seconds I'll post it as a motion for a vote.
3. Or perhaps rather than doing most of this work on the WDDM board, I'd be delighted to 'try out' the Enitiatives board for deliberation and decision on this question. Nico, what do you say?


Mark


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Subject Views Written By Posted
  WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 387 mantell 06/15/2007 09:37AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 226 BrEggum 06/15/2007 10:14AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 221 WebMaster 06/16/2007 10:07AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 199 mantell 06/16/2007 11:27AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 218 BrEggum 06/16/2007 01:44PM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 237 mantell 06/23/2007 05:32AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 211 BrEggum 06/23/2007 07:36AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 202 WebMaster 06/23/2007 08:11AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 198 BrEggum 06/23/2007 08:54AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 206 WebMaster 06/23/2007 10:02AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 273 BrEggum 06/23/2007 10:47AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 220 nicothed 06/26/2007 04:45AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 231 BrEggum 06/26/2007 08:12AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 194 BrEggum 06/26/2007 11:25AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 200 BrEggum 07/01/2007 12:32PM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 198 BrEggum 06/16/2007 01:54PM
  Let's just try it. 218 mantell 06/16/2007 03:05PM
  Re: Let's just try it. 211 BrEggum 06/16/2007 04:52PM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 208 mantell 06/19/2007 04:19PM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 211 BrEggum 06/19/2007 04:57PM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 220 WebMaster 06/22/2007 10:57AM
  Re: WDDM Proposal - Endorse Gravel for President 211 BrEggum 06/22/2007 12:38PM


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