New Hampshire Bill Could Lead To Adoption of Approval Voting

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 30, 2011 @07:31AM from the did-you-approve-this-message? dept.

Okian Warrior writes "The people at FreeKeene report: 'Four Republican state representatives have sponsored a bill that would replace first-past-the-post voting with approval voting for all state offices and presidential primaries. Under this system, voters would select every candidate they approve of (regardless of party), and the candidate with the highest overall vote total wins. This reduces strategic voting, and would often make elections easier for moderate and libertarian candidates. The bill, HB240, will have a public hearing Tuesday, February 1st, with the House Election Law committee.'"

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I'm just thinking by Lazareth · 2011-01-30 07:34 · Score: 3, Funny

That now they're adding a 'like' button, do we get a 'dislike' button too?
Re:Dosen't this give the people more choice ? by Samantha+Wright · 2011-01-30 07:58 · Score: 4, Funny

Interestingly, so does TFA. It's even quoted in the summary!

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Who's New Hampshire Bill? by mangu · 2011-01-30 08:09 · Score: 4, Funny

I hope some day the city government of Buffalo enacts some bill that gets a /. story