Circle Voting
creator of VoteSF.com
October 2010
Circle Voting on KPFA
This Sunday, October 24th, our co-founder, Murray Edelman, will be interviewed on the Phillip Maldari show on KPFA, 94.1 FM.
He will be on for the full hour form 9 to 10 AM (PT) along with Matt Rothchild, editor of the Progressive Magazine
There will take call-ins during the show. The on-air studio line is: 510-848-4425
The show will be focused on the election and will include a discussion of Circle Voting.
This would be a great time to call in with questions about it.
You can also hear the show in real time or as a recording afterwords at:
Jon Stewart's Take on the Citizens United Decision
This is pretty hilarious, but it does make you think about the ridiculousness of putting a large corporation on the same level as individual people for First Amendment protection. Check it out through the link below.
The Campaign Finance Reform Debate in the Supreme Court
Check out this site to familiarize yourself with a brief overview of the history of campaign finance reform in the Supreme Court. Note the evolution over time of this issue.
Found This Interesting
This is the page when you type in "California Ballot" in google images
Notice all the marijuana! It is important to remember that this Nov. 2nd election is much more about Prop. 19, but also contains many other important measures, such as Prop 25, which will change the percentage needed to pass the budget from 2/3's to a simple majority. This may help clear up the annual mess that is passing the California Budget!
Money talks louder than words
Check out this article in the New York Times about the presence of money in the midterms... very intriguing.
Circle Voting Video -A way to end the power of money in politics
This 2 minute video makes the connection between the expensive campaigns that divide us and the government policies that favor banks, big oil, ..... and how our social networks can end the power of money in politics.
It has been an amazing experience for me to boil down my analysis into these bite size chunks, but as long as it just theory and analysis, it isn't going any where. Murray
How to Reduce the Power of Money in Politics
This comic really captures what Circle Voting is all about!
Circle Voting Q+A
Eric Nguyen just posted a Q+A dialogue with me over at Mind Tangle (mindtangle.net). Here's the link to his post:
Thanks for your interest, Eric! Hoping to release the privacy stuff later today, too. It's really basic ("one big switch") but should address the main concerns we've heard people express.
jesse
Frank Rich: Here's how social networking can change politics
Dear Frank Rich,
I’d like to call your attention to our new website, www.circlevoting.com, because it may be an answer to your critique that the internet and social networking “have done little, if anything, to hobble those with such traditional means as big lies and big money” [1].
We believe the best defense against big lies and big money is our circle of friends and family. For example, bad movies with big stars and expensive marketing campaigns often do well the first week but then die because of “word of mouth.” We’ve taken this one step further.
At our website we give users access to the opinions of their Facebook friends organized by their own individual ballot. As on Twitter, each visitor may choose to follow only the friends whose opinions and knowledge they respect.
We’ve made it easy to vote wisely with the help of your friends. And smart voting is the best defense against big lies and big money.
We have started in California, so I encourage you to check out our California material.
Murray Edelman
Distinguished Scholar, Rutgers University
Co-founder, Circle Voting
