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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.

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

A Brief Instant Runoff Voting Comparison to Approval Voting

December 20, 2016 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

Instant Runoff Voting Comparison

In addition to the basic benefits of Approval Voting, doesn’t require any new ballots, balloting-equipment, or software, other than turning off the provision to detect and reject overvotes.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods

VOTE NOW: The Voting Systems Poll

December 11, 2016 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

The Voting Systems Poll

You’re invited to vote in a poll between 7 voting-systems at the Condorcet Internet Voting Service created by longtime Democracy Chronicles writer Michael Ossipoff

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods, Polling

But What Can We Do Right Now?

November 18, 2016 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

What Can We Do Right Now

Progressive party platforms give us an idea of what it could be like, if we had democracy. But first we have to get democracy, and that’s what this article is all about.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, Citizens United, Democracy Protests, Green Party News, Journalism and Free Speech, Money Politics, Socialism and Labor, Third Party

Ossipoff’s Pre-Election Day Reminder

November 7, 2016 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

Ossipoff's Pre-Election Day Reminder

So, how to vote? The best, appropriate and effective vote is to boycott the illegitimate elections and to demand verifiable vote-counting in big pro-democracy demonstrations all across the country.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, Bernie Sanders, Journalism and Free Speech, Voter Turnout

We Should Worry About Count Fraud Not Voter Fraud

October 26, 2016 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

Worry About Count Fraud

It’s amusing how, when the subject of rigged elections comes up, some people equate “fraud” with “voter fraud”. Wrong. There’s another kind of fraud: Count-fraud. If you have count-fraud, you don’t even need voter-fraud.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Republicans, Voter Suppression, Voting Machines

Why Two Evils Are Our Two Choices

October 12, 2016 by Michael Ossipoff Leave a Comment

Two Evils Are Our Two Choices

People (at least the half who vote) evidently accept and believe in an election that is a “choice” between two candidates whom practically everyone strongly dislikes

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

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