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Democracy Chronicles writer Michael OssipoffMichael Ossipoff writes for Democracy Chronicles from Miami, Florida and is one of our earliest and most prolific authors and creators. His writing covers the world of election method reform verifiable election counts and the importance of independent and third party candidates.

Voting Systems Don’t Matter if You Don’t Have a Real Democracy

February 2, 2018 by Michael Ossipoff 2 Comments

You Don't Have a Real Democracy

Why should a better voting-system be allowed, unless the people who own the lawmakers want to cede government to the public? And without verifiable vote-counting, it wouldn’t make the slightest difference.

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New Voting Systems Can’t Solve the Problems of Democracy

May 27, 2017 by Michael Ossipoff 3 Comments

New Voting Systems

There’s a widespread assumption that if we just tried a little harder or better, everything would improve, and that it’s soon going to happen. I guess it’s human-nature to want to believe that.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, Democracy Protests, Dictatorships, Election History, Election Methods

Why the Ruling-Rich Won’t Impeach Trump For Now

May 23, 2017 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

Ruling-Rich Won't Impeach Trump

The problem with impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors is the ruling-rich benefit from what he’s doing, and he’s doing it for them as well as for himself. He’s their president.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, Capitalism and Big Business, Socialism and Labor

Time is Now For Democrats to Take a Stand on Trump Crimes

May 22, 2017 by Michael Ossipoff 1 Comment

Democrats Trump Crimes

In these Trump-times, communities need to stick together, to minimize the harm and damage that Trump, his ruling cronies, and his Republican friends (but Democrats too) can do.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, Democrats, Money Politics

Thorough Comparison of the 12 Best Voting-Systems

May 20, 2017 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

12 Best Voting-Systems

This is the final article in a series analyzing the 12 best voting-systems. It is a long and detailed comparison of twelve voting-systems by four standards.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods

How Approval and Score Voting Compare to the Alternatives

February 15, 2017 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

Approval and Score Voting

Attempts to improve on Approval and Score Voting are always at least somewhat illusory, because, even when some improvement is achieved, it’s accompanied by problems.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods

Five Rank Ballot Voting Systems You Might Not Know

January 30, 2017 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

Five Rank Ballot Voting Systems

The five voting systems described here, although less well known, are an essential ingredient to this series of articles constituting my magnum opus on election methods.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods

A Few Words of Comparison Between Approval and Score Voting

January 23, 2017 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

Approval and Score Voting

Score voting offers a compromise between strategy and sincerity. It softens the harm that strategy could do, when that strategy isn’t really in the voter’s best interest.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods, Green Party News, Third Party

The Merits of the Approval Voting Method

January 13, 2017 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

Approval Voting Method

I consider Approval to be the best voting-system proposal. It’s perfectly matched to and suited to what most matters in voting: Electing from the set of the very best candidates.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods

The 12 Best Voting-Systems: My Magnum-Opus Articles

December 28, 2016 by Michael Ossipoff 3 Comments

The 12 Best Voting-Systems

This series of articles constitutes my magnum opus on election methods. Its purpose is to more thoroughly compare the twelve best voting-systems available.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods

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