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Ted Getschman has spent years examining the challenges of American polarization from an international viewpoint as he worked with U.S. ally and partner nations during his service as a U.S. Naval Officer.

His personal studies of election methods and voting theory, as well as his work in boardgame design led to his conclusion that solving our national division requires seeing political candidates as players and our election methods as defining their winning strategy and the driver of their actions, either to tear the nation apart or bring it together.

He holds a Master’s of Science in International Relations from Troy State University and developed the Swarm Age on-line tool which he continues to refine for the nation-wide Score Voting Movement. Those interested can find there a draft of his upcoming book, Solving America: How America’s Voting Methods Create Political Polarization, Government Gridlock, and Ignored Voters, and How Score Voting Methods Solve These Problems (and Why Ranked Choice Voting Can’t).

Common Sense for Uniting America

November 28, 2021 by Ted Getschman Leave a Comment

Max voting unites us. It incentivizes all candidates to align their political platforms as closely as possible with the majority opinion.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods, Thomas Paine

What Does Ranked Voting Tell Us?

April 11, 2021 by Ted Getschman Leave a Comment

What Does Ranked Voting Tell Us?

Ranked voting election results reveal little about voter desires. Consider a ranked voting result in a race between four candidates.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods

Time to get MO!

March 29, 2021 by Ted Getschman 2 Comments

Time to get MO!

The MO is what you most desire, what you most want. Not “you” personally, but “you” collectively.  It is what the group, the team, the nation most desires.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Methods, Proportional Representation

Documenting the Debate About Ranked Voting in Oregon

March 20, 2021 by Ted Getschman Leave a Comment

Debate About Ranked Voting in Oregon

The debate was not about the value of ranked voting over the current plurality voting system, but instead, its value compared to STAR Voting.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Methods

RCV And STAR Voting Go Head To Head In Oregon

March 16, 2021 by Ted Getschman Leave a Comment

RCV And STAR Voting

Oregon Senate Bill 791 and 343 seek to establish ranked-choice voting as the default voting system in Oregon, receiving open testimony on 16 March.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Methods

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