Approval Voting Campaign

Progress continues. I had a great talk with Sam Merrill, author of Making Multicandidate Elections More Democratic. (See the link on the blogroll on the left.) Sam is willing to support AAV and also approves of the strategy and tactics that we are developing to deal with the IRV alternative.

I also had lunch with our resident voting systems expert, Rob LeGrand. Rob is gunning for a post grad position that would allow him to combine his interests in computer science and voting systems. He also is enthusiastically pursuing some other projects to support the Approval Voting movement. In particular he is creating an Approval Voting FAQ. Please send him your questions (with or without suggested answers.) Thanks again, Rob!

For jollies I set up the Approval Voting Store. It includes shirts and a coffee mug using a bad graphic that I put together. I really need some help from a good graphic artist for all sorts of purposes: store items, business stationary, websites, and more. Eventually I will raise significant funds for AAV so that I can hire a professional to do the job (or pay our volunteer to do even more work. Hint, hint!)