Election WG Meeting minutes 12/30/2011
01/05/2012 in Election WG
The Election WG minutes were also posted to our site
- Brief discussion of “Occupy” PAC & how to respond
- Decided to schedule an afternoon this week to meet with founder to learn more
- Marvin suggested a proposal to the GA to reject the “minority plurality” amendment being proposed.
- Consensus to craft such a proposal and a separate proposal to state support for simple runoff voting or instant runoff voting instead to better support the will of Vermont’s citizens
- Marvin will re-send document to Jeremy, and group will work through some edits, hopefully to present in time for the next GA
- Discussion of direct democracy & 2012 election
- Jeremy presented an article in the works that addresses some of Marvin’s misgivings, will be posted shortly
- A brief discussion of transparency, accountability: representatives *can* vote in opposition to the majority of voter sentiment, but would sign a contract that would allow him or her to be recalled; range voting/weighted plurality possibilities for voting on issues/bills
