2/22/2022
Ranked Voting: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
This is an especially long article that summarizes the problems with ranked-choice voting that had been addressed in earlier articles. There are some later articles that bring up further issues not yet appreciated at the time this article was written. Particularly significant are the later articles published on 11/5/23 and on10/1/2024.
4/20/2022
Contending with the NPV Dilemma
An effort is underway to deal with some of the election malfunctions that have occurred because of the Electoral College. This is called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV ) and this initiative could possibly go into effect soon. Its passage would introduce difficulties for adopting BAV, or in fact, any alternative voting system for presidential elections.
7/5/2022
The Two-party Duopoly Sure, but What Else is Wrong?
Taking note that BAV provides a path for ending the two-party duopoly, this article surveys problems for the nation that can be blamed on that two-party duopoly.
10/1/2022
Obstruction of Voter Expression
As the title suggests, this article examines various voting systems with an eye to exposing in what ways they restrict the ability of voters to express their opinions about the candidates. I must add that there is an error in this article where I claimed that IRV voting eliminates the worry of a spoiler effect failure for elections with only three candidates. The article, Another Ranked-choice Spoiler, published on 10/1/2024 shows this to be incorrect.
10/24/2022
Words Perpetuating the Two-Party System
The word under discussion is opposition. Our culture has accustomed us to thinking we are voting against a candidate when we vote for some other candidate. This has an element of truth when there are only two candidates, but even then, there is a psychological distinction that gets obscured. Voters may understand this distinction even though their words so often obscure it.
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