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Brian white · Guest

in the province of BC Canada, (Province is like a state in USA) a group was
set up to see if a better voting system was appropriate. The group was
citizens picked at random (though first vetted so that there were no
political people among them). Anyway, that group took 10 months and
reviewed hundreds of electoral systems. They finally decided on a method
called single transferable vote. This is the system that has been used in
the republic of ireland for the last 80 years. The group of ordinary
citizens is called the citizens assembly. Anyway, my guess is that as it
comes up to the time of the referendum to decide to use the new system,
there are going to be very many people interested in the system (there are
30 million Canadians). So, how about letting your members know? A java
applet could be used to explain the system or better, to use the system
online with multiple choice surveys. I am not joking, the system is really
simple to use (I lived in Ireland for 35 years) and I believe it to be
ideal for surveys, questionaires and perhaps for finding business concensus
Business applications willl surely follow! Get there first.
Brian White