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Michael Ossipoff articles

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

By Michael Ossipoff - February 2, 2018 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

By Michael Ossipoff - May 27, 2017 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

By Michael Ossipoff - May 23, 2017 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

By Michael Ossipoff - May 22, 2017 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

By Michael Ossipoff - May 20, 2017 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

By Michael Ossipoff - February 15, 2017 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

By Michael Ossipoff - January 30, 2017 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.

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A Few Words of Comparison Between Approval and Score Voting

By Michael Ossipoff - January 23, 2017 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

By Michael Ossipoff - January 13, 2017 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

By Michael Ossipoff - December 28, 2016 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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An Expat American in the Middle East Discusses Trump Concerns

By Steve Schneider

Democracy Chronicles author Steve Schneider interviews ex-pat American Jason Meursault who shares his overseas perspective on the Capitol riot.

Why Trump Should be Impeached

By Jack Jones

Trump’s tenure was a reign of terror. The 6 Jan insurrection is ground for Senate impeachment to prevent him from causing further damage to our democracy.

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On Approval Voting and the National Popular Vote

By Steve Cobb

Though written without regard for alternative voting methods, maybe the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is OK.

Is Giuliani a Speech-Maker or a Criminal Instigator?

By Steve Schneider

Rudy Giuliani is Trump’s personal lawyer. He has spoken in two rallies that became criminal riots, including the Jan 6, 2021, mob attack on The Capitol.

Democracy Counts in Georgia; D.C. in Chaos

By Steve Schneider

Major upheavals in American politics saw democrats winning Georgia on Jan 5, 2021 while on Jan 6 a Trump mob attacked The Capitol to stop certification of Biden’s victory.

Why the Republican leadership doesn’t have our welfare in consideration

By Jack Jones

The fight against American corruption is not over! It will be when America’s Oligarchs come to realization. They need to be checked for all our sakes.

Atlanta Mail Specialist Exposed Voter Roll Purge List Problems 

By Steve Schneider

Voter suppression persists. A key direct mail specialist was able to analyse and reverse a questionable voter roll purge list in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Trump Proves Americans with “Good Genes” are Victims

By Steve Schneider

Trump has touted “good genes” and the privilege of bearing them. However, he is himself evidence that those carrying this imaginary genetic material are victims.

The Post-2020 Election Discourse on Police Abolition

By Erin Green

There is a difference between “defund and abolish”. It is up to each one of us to educate ourselves on why we must end police violence not simply reform it.

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Kanye West Kept Off the 2020 Arizona Ballot

Why Was Kanye West Kept Off the 2020 Arizona Ballot?

On September 8, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a short order saying Kanye West could not be on the ballot as an independent candidate for president.

Political Comedy Helps Young Adults

Study Claims Political Comedy Helps Young Adults

Interesting news on this front comes from the University of Pennsylvania: New research suggests that humor may

SNL mocks Giuliani with sketch about voter fraud claims

SNL mocks Giuliani with sketch about voter fraud claims

Saturday Night Live (SNL) parodied Rudy Giuliani in is recent opening sketch that focused on attempts to overturn the November 3 election results for Trump.

Right-Wing Authoritarians Aren’t Very Funny

Study: Right-Wing Authoritarians Aren’t Very Funny

Right-wing authoritarians are considerably less funny than people who do not share that disposition

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