Comments on: Progressive Party Wins Burlington Mayor Election http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/03/07/progressive-party-wins-burlington-mayor-election/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=9280 By: Steve Kramer http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/03/07/progressive-party-wins-burlington-mayor-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Steve Kramer Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:47:18 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2006/03/07/progressive-party-wins-burlington-mayor-election/#comment-1210 The Republican in this contest endorsed the Progressive candidate as the second-place choice, but the Democrat running refused to endorse anyone else, claiming that she was confident of victory on the first ballot. Seems that some candidates, regardless of their endorsement by Howard Dean, et. al., haven't quite got the hang of elections where actual democracy is involved. The Republican candidate also voiced approval of the people's choice, claiming he was glad he had worked to deny Ms. Miller, the Democrat, the office. (Also, surely the election occured on March 7, not November 7...?) The Republican in this contest endorsed the Progressive candidate as the second-place choice, but the Democrat running refused to endorse anyone else, claiming that she was confident of victory on the first ballot. Seems that some candidates, regardless of their endorsement by Howard Dean, et. al., haven’t quite got the hang of elections where actual democracy is involved.

The Republican candidate also voiced approval of the people’s choice, claiming he was glad he had worked to deny Ms. Miller, the Democrat, the office.

(Also, surely the election occured on March 7, not November 7…?)

]]> By: Citizens For A Better Veterans Home http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/03/07/progressive-party-wins-burlington-mayor-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Citizens For A Better Veterans Home Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:40:40 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2006/03/07/progressive-party-wins-burlington-mayor-election/#comment-1206 Innovative Plan to Win Popular Election of the President Launched Press conference for National Popular VoteOn February 23, FairVote’s chairman John B. Anderson joined Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN), Rep. John Buchanan (R-AL) and other supporters of an important new campaign to elect the president by a national popular vote. Anderson ran on the ballot in all fifty states in 1980 at the head of the National Unity Party ticket. National Popular Vote, backed by FairVote, Common Cause and a bipartisan group of former Members of Congress, presented at the National Press Club an innovative plan for states representing a majority of Americans to join together in an agreement to collectively award their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. States have exclusive power over how to allocate electors. FairVote also released an impressive, ground-breaking new report:Presidential Elections Inequality. Copies are available online and for purchase on www.fairvote.org. Innovative Plan to Win Popular Election of the President Launched
Press conference for National Popular VoteOn February 23, FairVote’s chairman John B.
Anderson joined Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN), Rep. John Buchanan (R-AL) and other supporters of an
important new campaign to elect the president by a national popular vote. Anderson ran on the
ballot in all fifty states in 1980 at the head of the National Unity Party ticket.

National Popular Vote, backed by FairVote, Common Cause and a bipartisan group of former
Members of Congress, presented at the National Press Club an innovative plan for states
representing a majority of Americans to join together in an agreement to collectively award their
electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. States have exclusive power over how
to allocate electors. FairVote also released an impressive, ground-breaking new
report:Presidential Elections Inequality. Copies are available online and for purchase on
http://www.fairvote.org.

]]> By: Brad Moore http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/03/07/progressive-party-wins-burlington-mayor-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Brad Moore Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:40:14 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2006/03/07/progressive-party-wins-burlington-mayor-election/#comment-1205 Interesting...Kiss won by 8 percentage points over the Democrat in the initial vote and the IRV recalculation. So the Republican voters split pretty evenly between the Prog and Dem. Interesting…Kiss won by 8 percentage points over the Democrat in the initial vote and the IRV recalculation. So the Republican voters split pretty evenly between the Prog and Dem.

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