Comments on: Oregon Statesman-Journal In-Depth Story on Ballot Access Reform http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/07/17/oregon-statesman-journal-in-depth-story-on-ballot-access-reform/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:51:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=517 By: Joyce McCloy http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/07/17/oregon-statesman-journal-in-depth-story-on-ballot-access-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-752235 Joyce McCloy Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:49:21 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=7281#comment-752235 Richard, I meant to ad this link in case anyone wants to know more about how well Fusion did work in North Carolina, and the coup. http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/58/entry Richard, I meant to ad this link in case anyone wants to know more about how well Fusion did work in North Carolina, and the coup.

http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/58/entry

]]> By: Joyce McCloy http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/07/17/oregon-statesman-journal-in-depth-story-on-ballot-access-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-752232 Joyce McCloy Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:35:46 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=7281#comment-752232 Richard, I really like the idea of Fusion Politics. It was used in North Carolina, and resulted in a strong Populist party. It worked so well that Democrats had to effect a coup in the late 1800s to force their way into office. At that time, they were affiliated with white supremecists and big business. There were around 1,000 black elected officials when Fusion was in play. After the coup, the election system was changed, Fusion was eliminated, and the right to vote was stolen away from the black population. Fusion can be done without special voting machines and works with paper, optical scan, DREs, and Lever machines like in New York. I wish people would promote Fusion Voting and abandon IRV - trying to use IRV in the United States is like trying to put a square wheel on a car. Thanks for your excellent work on ballot access issues, Richard. Richard, I really like the idea of Fusion Politics. It was used in North Carolina, and resulted in a strong Populist party. It worked so well that Democrats had to effect a coup in the late 1800s to force their way into office. At that time, they were affiliated with white supremecists and big business. There were around 1,000 black elected officials when Fusion was in play. After the coup, the election system was changed, Fusion was eliminated, and the right to vote was stolen away from the black population.

Fusion can be done without special voting machines and works with paper, optical scan, DREs, and Lever machines like in New York.

I wish people would promote Fusion Voting and abandon IRV – trying to use IRV in the United States is like trying to put a square wheel on a car.

Thanks for your excellent work on ballot access issues, Richard.

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