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Attended college thanks to the generous state support of education in 1960's America. Earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Illinois followed by post doctoral research positions at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Taught for several years at Lehigh University prior to a short stint at Bell Laboratories but followed by a much longer career at NEC punctuated by ten U.S. and international patents in the general area to semiconductor applications. Now living in a comfortable Maine retirement community and focused on the prospect of upgrading democracy by means of an improved voting system.

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155 Articles, 31 Quick Links, 1541 Comments, 12 Diaries, 3 Series, 8 Polls

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What Might be the Best Voting System?

Are More Political Parties Possible Here?

What is so Special about Balanced Approval Voting?

Mousetraps

Do IRV Voters Just Need Training?

Perverse Delivery Charges

Can We Reform our Polarized Two-Party Politics?

IRV Used to Rank Voting Systems

What's Wrong With Instant Runoff Voting?

Ranked Voting

Turning Out the Voters

What Could be Wrong with Ranked-Choice Voting?

Three Ingredients

Is BAV Compatible with the Electoral College?

Rethinking Which Voting System is Best

Favorite Son, Fusion, Two Parties or a Better Democracy

Spoiled Again

Making Choices

Comparing BAV with Ranked Choice Voting

Runoff in a Star Election

Families of Voting Systems

Escaping Duopoly

Star Voting on Fabric

Isn't IRV a Great System for Voting?

Older Ranked-Choice Voting Systems

How Did Trump Ever Win?

Bias or Balance

Condorcet and the Spoiler Effect

Two-Candidate Elections

Reflections on Voters

Who Pays Taxes?

Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Interpreting a BAV Election

What Changes with Balanced Approval Voting?

Self-Expression Versus Actual Effectiveness in Voting

Voting Systems Without Bias

Instant Runoff Balanced Voting (IRBV)

Another Ranked-Choice Spoiler (Corrected version)

Taking Advantage (of a Foolish Electrical Billing Policy)

Notation for Voting Systems

Voters Need to Understand How Votes are Counted

Who Decides?

Conservatives Without Conscience

Some Issues with Ranked Choice Voting

Liberate Yourself from the Mainstream Media

Less Democracy Should Not Be an Option

Striving for Better Voting

What's Wrong with Approval Voting

The Level Election Playing Field

Who Will Win this Election?

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