There are better ways to stop third-party presidential voting-

[Gothmog]

134. Did you read Ken's silly OP?

Ken is claiming that the adoption of proportional voting will mean that third party votes would not vote for Nader and Steins in the future. That premise is so silly that it is funny. Again, Ken's posts speak for themselves. The proposals submitted by Ken would increase the number of the third parties which is not a good thing.

Can you explain how the adoption of proportional voting will make third party voters less likely to vote for a Nader or Stein? I look forward to seeing your analysis

As for instant run off, have you worked on an election? Do you know how voting systems work? I volunteer as a lawyer for voter protection efforts. Instant run offs will not work under the election code of most jurisdictions and the current voting machines are not set up to do this unless we hook all voting machines up to the internet which is a bad idea. I serve as an election judge once a cycle. Under most systems including the system that is being tested in Travis County, each polling location has one machine that tallies the votes and that machine is not hooked to the internet. In the majority of counties in Texas, this is called a Judge Booth Controller and each of the voting terminals are hooked by cables to the JBC. After the close of polling and after paperwork is complete, the JBC is taken to the election office where the seal is cut under observation of the parties and chip removed to tally the votes. You cannot no instant run off in that system. Instant run off systems require that each polling location be hooked up the a central computer so that we can determine the two top candidates. That system is not a good idea due to concerns about hacking.

I live in the real world and I know what works in the real world.

I look forward to your explanation as to how proportional voting will decrease votes for future Naders and Steins. I also look foward to hearing about your experience working on elections and how machines that are not hooked to the internet can do instant run offs? If we do hook all machines to the same computer through the internet, are you worried about hacking?