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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Block voting
		Bloc voting refers to a class of voting systems which can be used to elect several representatives from a single constituency[?].
		In first past the post bloc voting, each voter places n Xs on the ballot paper, where n is the number of candidates to be elected.
		The bloc voting system is extremely undemocratic, allowing complete landslide majorities and small cohesive groups of voters to overpower larger groups which do not engage in tactical voting.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/bl/Block_voting (200 words)

	FairVote - Study of Undervotes in Recent Santa Monica Elections
		One of the potential problems with Block Voting is that voters are compelled to vote strategically.
		For instance, a voter, having cast one vote for his or her favorite candidate may be reluctant to cast his or her remaining votes, since those votes may decrease the likelihood of their favorite taking office, voters tend to "undervote," that is, they often do not cast all of their votes.
		This study, performed by Santa Monica Ranked Voting, lays out the number of allotted votes that were not cast by Santa Monica voters, and the number of voters that did not cast all of their votes.
	www.fairvote.org /rtv/?page=782 (1051 words)

	Bloc voting - Electowiki
		Bloc voting (or block voting) (also called Plurality-at-large) refers to a class of voting systems which can be used to elect several representatives from a single constituency.
		It was used in the Australian Senate from 1901 to 1948 (from 1918, this was preferential bloc voting), is widely used for local elections in the United Kingdom and is often used to elect the boards of directors of corporations.
		Block voting also describes a system of winner takes all decision-taking whereby the vote of an entire electoral unit is cast in line with the majority decision of that unit (i.e.
	wiki.electorama.com /wiki/Bloc_voting (473 words)

	Voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A vote, or a ballot, is an individual's act of voting, by which he or she express support or preference for a certain motion (e.g.
		Though voting is usually recognized as one of the main characteristics of democracy, a country's having an election featuring the populace casting votes does not necessarily mean the country is democratic.
		Some people think that whenever votes are recorded in a medium which is invisible to humans, electors lose any possibility to verify how their votes are collected and tallied up to produce the final result, thus they need to have an absolute faith in the accuracy, honesty and security of the whole electoral apparatus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Voting (843 words)

	Democrats block Bolton vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		That blocked an up-or-down vote on confirming Bolton.
		Several Democrats involved in the earlier compromise were among the last to vote on cloture yesterday.
		He said the vote showed that the Senate was guarding its integrity as an equal branch of government with the executive.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05147/511359.stm (947 words)

	Bloc voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bloc voting using a series of check boxes similar to a plurality election is also referred to as plurality-at-large or at-large voting, while bloc voting using a preferential ballot is generally described as preferential bloc voting.
		Plurality bloc voting is also used in the election of the Senate of Poland, of the Parliament of Lebanon and of the plurality seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council.
		Also, bloc voting is often used in corporate elections to elect the boards of directors of corporations including housing cooperatives, with each shareholder's vote being multiplied by the number of shares they own, but cumulative voting is also popular.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Block_voting (1183 words)

	Muslim American Society
		The judges' syndicate called on it members who were involved in supervising the polls to walk out of their voting stations if police continued to prevent voters from entering, a member of the respected union told AFP.
		The first-round vote and runoff saw little violence, but after the Brotherhood's strong showing, there was a crackdown in the second round and a runoff, with police and government supporters blocking or assaulting Brotherhood loyalists from some polling stations.
		The voting process is theoretically under judicial supervision but the judges in charge cannot impose their will beyond the confines of the polling stations, reports Reuters.
	www.masnet.org /news.asp?id=2984 (1153 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| World Latest \| Activists Sue to Block Electronic Voting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		Computerized voting was supposed to be the cure for ballot fiascos such as the 2000 presidential election, but activist groups say it has only worsened the problem and they've gone to court across the country to ban the new machines.
		More than 120 security threats were identified, including wireless machines that could be hacked ``by virtually any member of the public with some (computer) knowledge'' and a PC card; the failure of most states to install software that could detect outside attacks; and the failure of many states to audit their electronic systems.
		The jump to electronic voting was spurred by the 2002 Help America Vote Act, which reworked election standards and encouraged states to get rid of punch-card systems by making $3.9 billion available to states for upgrading election equipment.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uslatest/story/0,,-5949271,00.html (743 words)

	American Muslims: To Block Vote or Not
		Block voting is comprehended to be a Machiavellian strategy that enables political groups to exercise far more influence than their size and contribution.
		Block voting is a reflection of a superficial, instrumental understanding of, and attitude toward, democracy.
		Voting blocks are antithetical to the spirit of democracy; they involve an undemocratic imposition of agenda defined by the elite on all members of the community.
	www.ijtihad.org /American-Muslim-Votes.htm (4417 words)

	Reason Magazine - Voting Bloc
		Today it is absurd for Burma to vote as the moral and legal equivalent of Belgium; more absurd for Cuba and Zimbabwe to be members in good standing of the U.N. Human Rights Commission; and more absurd still for Libya to chair that commission, as it did last year.
		The U.N. is dominated by a cluster of regional and ideological caucuses.
		African countries, for example, are pressured to vote together, with undemocratic governments often calling the shots and democracies going along to get along.
	www.reason.com /rauch/032204.shtml (1323 words)

	Internet Society (ISOC)
		In order to diminish the potential for block voting, I suggest to change the rule, and to require that valid ballots be cast for exactly X candidates, i.e.
		In the cases of the postal and fax ballots, the voting appeared to be in good faith: though carried by the same envelope, the ballots were markedly different, clearly expressing individual preferences for different candidates.
		In case of duplicate, the paper ballot is discarded, and the votes on the electronic ballot are copied on a "duplicate" form.
	www.isoc.org /isoc/general/trustees/June2001/elections.shtml (1007 words)

	American Gulfwar Veterans Association: VFW post leads drive to block voting on smoking
		This is topic VFW post leads drive to block voting on smoking in forum General Talk at American Gulfwar Veterans Association.
		That could soon change with a new state law that requires a majority vote by the membership of the entire organization if smoking is to be allowed at a private club.
		The veterans' biggest objection to the law centers on a provision that a majority of all members, not just those voting, must approve smoking for it to be allowed.
	www.gulfwarvets.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=17;t=000135 (659 words)

	Scoop: Voting Groups Block Talk of Machine-Free Elections
		Forget the fact that the blind can vote privately and independently using tactile paper ballots and audio assistance; something that is used all over the world as well as in Vermont and other states.
		Forget the fact that voting machines are harder for the disabled to use; that it will take the blind significantly longer to vote on a machine than to be assisted by a person of their choice.
		Even if the voting rights groups weren't sensitive before, the elections of 2000 should have concentrated their minds on the limitless problems and endless threats voting machines assure a democracy.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/HL0412/S00133.htm (2031 words)

	Hip-Hop Voting Bloc?
		A year ago the press was heralding the possibility that a young, progressive and hip-hop-influenced voting bloc would decide the 2004 presidential election.
		The postelection media attention that the hip-hop voting movement did receive was often less than glowing.
		So far, the hip-hop voting movement hasn't come close to achieving the scope and organizing dynamism of SNCC, but signs suggest it could be on the way.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20050829/howard (1419 words)

	Block Voting
		In a block voting system the members of a party do not vote individually as they like, but instead they must collectively accept or reject a proposal.
		Although a party with many votes clearly has more power than a party with few votes, the votes of a small party can nevertheless be crucial when they are needed to obtain a majority.
		As a measure of a party's power in a block voting system, John F. Banzhaf III proposed to use the power index.
	acm.uva.es /p/v4/435.html (376 words)

	Digg - Republicans Block Voting Machine Testing in Ohio
		Verified voting is one of the simplest concepts imaginable, and the fact that we can't and don't allow this is one of the worst things, if not the worst thing to happen to our society.
		It is also very curious, that 80% of the voting precincts that were under court order to submit their voting records claim to have lost them.
		While some of the Republicans on the Controlling board are uncomfortable with voting in favor of the authorization, for a variety of reasons, it's not correct to say that they "blocked" it or just plain turned it down.
	digg.com /politics/Republicans_Block_Voting_Machine_Testing_in_Ohio (2023 words)

	Banzhaf Power Index
		The Banzhaf Power Index was introduced by John F. Banzhaf III for the purpose of analyzing block voting systems, such as the U.S. Electoral College that elects the president.
		The total number of ways in which each citizen-voter could vote for either of the two principal candidates is 2^(N+1) which is equal to 2 x 2^N. Each would be able to cast a critical vote only where the other N citizen-voters were equally divided into two groups; N/2 voting yea and N/2 voting nay.
		Following this line is one line for each voting block, with three fields: the name of the block, the population of the block, and the number of votes the block has.
	www.cs.unc.edu /~livingst/Banzhaf (6024 words)

	Voting Block (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		Voting Block illustrates a very simplistic model of the political process.
		The blocks are geographic areas where everyone has the same opinion.
		Then the blocks migrate around the grid, and for a while two blocks struggle for dominance.
	members.aol.com /awrobinson/RecProg/VotingBlock/VotingBlock.html (234 words)

	Speedy Vote! - American Idol Voting Software
		Speedy Vote will vote as long as the American Idol phone lines are open and keeps track of actual votes cast.
		These votes are easily detected by Fox producers and are rumored to be eliminated from the tally.
		Because Speedy Vote uses your phone line to cast the votes and Speedy Vote does not cast thousands of votes simultaneously, votes cast by Speedy Vote cannot be detected and appear just as if you had used your phone to dial the number.
	www.speedyvote.com /faq.html (659 words)

	New Jersey residents file lawsuit to block e-voting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		The systems don't provide for a voter verified paper trail, which many critics of e-voting machines advocate, and New Jersey election officials don't have rules for how the machines should be stored or who should have access to them, she added.
		With two weeks before the election, the goal of the lawsuit is "that the tried and true method of voting on paper ballots is used in this election," Venetis said.
		The state is open to new technologies in the future, but it's too late to change the voting system for this election, Moore said.
	www.itworld.com /Tech/2987/041020njevotelaw/search.html (528 words)

	Voting Block - TIME
		The U.S. Constitution leaves voting rules up to states and cities, and from 1776 to 1926, 40 states and territories allowed noncitizens to vote in local and even federal elections, according to Ron Hayduk, a co-founder of the Immigrant Voting Project.
		For the 1993 election, noncitizens voted in Takoma Park at a 35% rate, better than the 30% for citizens.
		City clerk Jessie Carpenter speculates that "early on, there was more interest because [voting] was new." She doesn't believe that resurgent concern over illegal immigrants has driven noncitizens from the polls.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1609804,00.html (712 words)

	Davis Citizens for Representation
		Block voting is a winner-take-all system because the largest group can sweep all the seats, even if they represent a minority viewpoint.
		UC Davis students passed the Choice Voting Amendment to the ASUCD Constitution on February 20, 2003 by 67% to 33%.
		The Choice Voting Amendment campaign was initiated in Fall 2002 by members of the Davis College Green Party (DCGP).
	www.davischoicevoting.org /index.php?page=asucd (580 words)

	Center for Voting and Democracy
		FairVote is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented.
		Wilma Rule, a founding board member of the Center for Voting and Democracy and an adjunct professor at the University of Nevada-Reno died on January 15, 2004.
		She was a dedicated scholar whose focus was gender and politics, with particular interest in electoral systems.
	www.fairvote.org /about_us (267 words)

	BlackNews.com - NAACP Hails Judge's Decision To Block Georgia Voting Law
		Because the right to vote is a fundamental right, removing the undue burdens on that right imposed by the photo ID requirement serves the public interest.
		The lawsuit filed by the NAACP and other voting rights advocates charges that in addition to violating the Voting Rights Act, the state law violates the Fourteenth Amendment because it treats voters unequally and violates the Georgia Constitution because it creates an entirely new set of voting qualifications beyond those specified in the State Constitution.
		Its half-million adult and youth members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
	www.blacknews.com /pr/votinglaw101.html (499 words)

	Villanueva hits Iglesia for block voting - May 06, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		At religious services in INC chapels Wednesday, ministers told members to vote for the candidates their leaders were to endorse later this week.
		Media reports said the INC, which is believed to be capable of delivering at least two million votes, is backing incumbent Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, her running mate Noli De Castro, and six senatorial candidates each from the administration and opposition tickets.
		Villanueva warned police were out to block busloads of his supporters at the South Luzon Expressway.
	www.inq7.net /brk/2004/may/06/brkpol_7-1.htm (398 words)

	Wired News: Voting Suit Gains Momentum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		According to Susan Marie Weber, a Palm Desert, California woman who is suing the state for sanctioning voting machines she alleges are open to manipulation, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco indicated this week that it plans to hear oral arguments in her case.
		She claims that the computerized terminals manufactured by Sequoia Voting Systems and used in her home precinct are more vulnerable to fraud than other accepted voting methods.
		Faced with a federal mandate to update outmoded voting technologies, many counties in California and elsewhere are scrambling to upgrade their systems, often to touch-screen voting.
	www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,59898,00.html (822 words)

	Veterans Voting Block of Maryland
		I, the undersigned agree to vote only for the candidates for public office who have supported veterans' issues, or challengers who avow to vote for veterans' issues, regardless of their party affiliation.
		The purpose of that strategy is to deter representatives from playing games such as voting for a bill they know will fail or not be funded, simply in order to announce they voted for a popular bill, thereby retaining voter approval.
		This documented, publicized vote will help eliminate the problem of military personnel who did not get their absentee votes counted last election (around 200,000 military votes worldwide were not counted).
	tmkc.netfirms.com /vvbmd.html (1144 words)

	A Powerful New Voting Block Emerges - by Kevin Zeese
		new national poll shows that a near majority of voters either strongly or somewhat agree with a pledge not to vote for pro-war candidates.
		Organized antiwar voters who pledge not to vote for pro-war candidates may force the Democrats in particular to develop a stronger position against the war.
		The antiwar voting block poll comes on the heels of poll by Le Moyne College and Zogby of veterans showing 72 percent favor withdrawal from Iraq within a year.
	www.antiwar.com /orig/zeese.php?articleid=8722 (860 words)

	Telemap - A National Source for Census Tract, Census Block and Voting/Legislative District Maps and Data
		However, Census 2000 Block and Census 2000 Census Tract Outline maps may be available at a later date for these areas.
		The intent of this map series is to produce a map for each county, on the smallest possible number of map sheets, at the maximum practical scale.
		For each county or statistically equivalent entity, these county-based maps show the boundaries and codes for Voting Districts and/or State Legislative Districts as delineated by the participating states in Phase 2, Voting District Project, of the Census 2000 Redistricting Data Program; the features underlying these boundaries; and the names of these features.
	www.telemap.com /about.html (821 words)

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