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'''The Center for Election Science''' ('''CES''' or '''C4ES'''<ref>[[User:RobLa]] has been lobbying to make "C4ES" the abbreviation for a while. See [[Talk:The Center for Election Science#C4ES]] for a discussion</ref>) is an American [[wikipedia:501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]] electoral reform advocacy organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/813dd7cc0b274bdea0ff2c9d24590f64-the-center-for-election-science-redding|title=The Center for Election Science|last=|first=|date=|website=Idealist.org|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ivn.us/posts/10-nonpartisan-organizations-to-watch-in-2020|title=10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020|last=Griffiths|first=Shawn|date=March 15, 2019|website=Independent Voter News|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reason.com/2018/10/26/fargo-considers-whether-to-turn-local-el/|title=Fargo Considers Whether to Turn Local Elections into a Voting System of Likes (and Dislikes)|last=Shackford|first=Scott|date=2018-10-26|website=Reason|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2019/03/09/opinion/contributors/blame-democrats-not-me-for-paul-lepage-victories/|title=Blame Democrats, not me, for Paul LePage victories|last=Cutler|first=Eliot R.|date=March 9, 2019|website=Bangor Daily News|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> It advocates for [[cardinal voting]] methods such as [[approval voting]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionscience.org/library/approval-voting/|title=Approval Voting|website=The Center for Election Science|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> and [[score voting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionscience.org/library/score-voting/|title=Score Voting|website=The Center for Election Science|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> Its goal is to implement approval voting in at least 5 cities with 50,000 people by 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CES-2019-2021-Strategic-Plan.pdf|title=STRATEGIC PLAN 2019-2021|last=|first=|date=|website=Center for Election Science|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>


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== Wikipedia ==
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[[File:C4ES-logo-small.png|thumb|Logo for the Center for Election Science, as found at https://electionscience.org]]


The '''Center for Election Science''' ('''CES''' or '''C4ES'''<ref>[[User:RobLa]] has been lobbying to make "C4ES" the abbreviation for a while. See [[Talk:The Center for Election Science#C4ES]] for a discussion</ref>) is an American [[wikipedia:501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]] electoral reform advocacy organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/813dd7cc0b274bdea0ff2c9d24590f64-the-center-for-election-science-redding|title=The Center for Election Science|last=|first=|date=|website=Idealist.org|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ivn.us/posts/10-nonpartisan-organizations-to-watch-in-2020|title=10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020|last=Griffiths|first=Shawn|date=March 15, 2019|website=Independent Voter News|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reason.com/2018/10/26/fargo-considers-whether-to-turn-local-el/|title=Fargo Considers Whether to Turn Local Elections into a Voting System of Likes (and Dislikes)|last=Shackford|first=Scott|date=2018-10-26|website=Reason|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2019/03/09/opinion/contributors/blame-democrats-not-me-for-paul-lepage-victories/|title=Blame Democrats, not me, for Paul LePage victories|last=Cutler|first=Eliot R.|date=March 9, 2019|website=Bangor Daily News|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> It mainly advocates for [[approval voting]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionscience.org/library/approval-voting/|title=Approval Voting|website=The Center for Election Science|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>, and doesn't appear to be on track to hit its goal is to implement approval voting in at least 5 cities with 50,000 people by 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CES-2019-2021-Strategic-Plan.pdf|title=STRATEGIC PLAN 2019-2021|last=|first=|date=|website=Center for Election Science|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> However, it was instrumental in getting [[Fargo, North Dakota]] and [[St. Louis, Missouri]] to implement approval voting, and is funding chapters all over the [[United States of America]].
There's an article on [[Wikipedia]] about this organization. See [[wikipedia:electionscience.org]]


==Affiliations==
The Center for Election Science has affiliations with organizations all over the [[United States]]. More about these organizations can be found on the official website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionscience.org/take-action/approval-voting-chapter-program/|title=Center for Election Science Chapter Program|url-status=live}}</ref>


== News ==
===Eastern===
:''see also: [[Eastern United States]], [[Advocacy/United States/Eastern]]''
* Mid-Atlantic
** [[Approval Voting Mid-Atlantic]] <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/283433252719329/ Approval Voting Mid-Atlantic]</ref>
* [[New York]] / [[Connecticut]] / [[New Jersey]]
**[[Approval Voting NY + CT + NJ]] <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/579065229638329 Approval Voting NY + CT + NJ]</ref>
*[[Massachusetts]]:
** [[MassApproves]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/MassApproves MassApproves Facebook Page]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/MassApproves MassApproves Twitter]</ref>
* [[Pennsylvania]]:
** [[Philadelphia Approves]] <ref>[https://discord.com/channels/561216809739747370/869658337879416912 Philadelphia Approves (Greater Philly) Discord Channel]</ref>


===Central===
The news from C4ES can be found here:
:''see also: [[Central United States]], [[Advocacy/United States/Central]]''
* https://electionscience.org/about/media-mentions/


*[[Missouri]]:
=== Unrig 2019 ===
**[[STL Approves]] <ref>https://stlapproves.org/</ref>
*[[North Dakota]]:
**[[Reform Fargo]] <ref>https://reformfargo.org/</ref>
*[[Texas]]:
**[[Approval Voting Texas]] <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/724583295032304/ Approval Voting Texas]</ref>


===Mountain===
:''see also: [[Mountain United States]], [[Advocacy/United States/Mountain]]''


*[[Colorado]]:
Below is Aaron Hamlin's speech about C4ES, that he gave at the "Unrig Summit" on June 19, 2019 on behalf of The Center for Election Science. The summary of the video:<blockquote>''How did Fargo, ND (yes—the Fargo that featured Steve Buscemi in a woodchipper) lead the charge for a more representative democracy? Aaron Hamlin of The Center for Election Science tells the inspiring story of how one citizen's passion and grassroots activism sparked a successful movement to make Fargo the first city in the US to implement approval voting.''</blockquote>The video can be found on YouTube, licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_b8rvOQGc&feature=youtu.be|title=How Fargo Took The Lead With Approval Voting - Aaron Hamlin - YouTube|last=Hamlin|first=Aaron|date=June 19, 2019|website=www.youtube.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468|title=Creative Commons - YouTube Help|website=support.google.com|access-date=2021-02-13}}</ref> The transcript follows:
** [[Approval Voting Colorado]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/2581989232050927/ "Approval Voting Colorado" Facebook Group]</ref>
*[[Utah]]:
** [[Utah Approves]] <ref>https://utahapproves.org/</ref>


===Pacific===
* 0th minute (00:00 - 00:59)
:''see also: [[Pacific United States]], [[Advocacy/United States/Pacific]]''
** 00:00
*** (upbeat music)
** 00:04
*** I'm here to tell you a story about Fargo, North Dakota; and yes, I'm talking about that Fargo, the one with the wood chipper.
** 00:15
*** But Fargo isn't just a Coen Brothers movie; Fargo is a community of 120,000 people who care about their community.
** 00:27
*** Fargo is also the setting for an interesting election.
** 00:30
*** There was an election in 2015 where there was a six-way race for commissioner, and the winner of that election won with just 22% of the vote.
** 00:41
*** That's hardly a mandate.  The vote splitting was obvious.
** 00:44
*** This was unfortunately not an isolated incident for Fargo.  This has happened before, and it would happen after.
** 00:51
*** This is something common in cities across the country.
** 00:54
*** But this was embarrassing for the commission itself, and so they had to do something about it.  They went ahead and developed a task force to figure out a better voting method to address this vote-splitting problem.


*[[Washington]]:
* 1st minute (1:00-2:00)
** [[Seattle Approves]] <ref>https://seattleapproves.org</ref>
** 01:08
*[[California]]:
*** And that's when the main character of our story comes into play.
** [[California Approves]] <ref>https://californiaapproves.org</ref>
** 01:12
*** This is Jed Lemke.  Jed is six foot nine and, as you can see from the picture, he barely fits inside normal door frames.
** 01:22
*** But Jed's height is not his most salient attribute.
** 01:26
*** His most salient attribute is his passion, and he is passionate about his city of Fargo and making sure that they have the strong elections.
** 01:36
*** So, Jed had reached out to us and he had asked, "What do we do about our elections, we can't have this happen again."
** 01:44
*** And so in reaching out to us at the Center for Election Science, we recommended a voting method called approval voting.
** 01:52
*** Approval voting is a very simple voting method that allows you to choose as many candidates as you want.
** 01:58
*** The candidate with the most votes wins.


== Other stuff ==
* 2nd minute (02:00 - 03:00)
** 02:01
*** There's no ranking or anything complicated, you get results immediately, no special software.
** 02:06
*** This was very appealing, and so Jed took this information back with him to the task force  and the task force was on board with it.
** 02:15
*** They recommended it to the commission.
** 02:18
*** What did the commission do with this information?
** 02:21
*** They sat on it for about a year, and remember that race earlier that we talked about? The one with the 22% winner?
** 02:31
*** Well, that commissioner was on the commission when they made this decision not to do anything.
** 02:40
*** But we can't forget about our main hero in this story, Jed.
** 02:45
*** And Jed was not going to take this lying down.
** 02:48
*** Jed decided that he needed to do something.
** 02:52
*** If the commission wasn't going to act, he needed to.
** 02:55
*** So what he did, he got everyone he knew and started gathering signatures and made it so that approval voting got on the ballot in Fargo.


=== Wikipedia ===
* 3rd Minute (03:00 - 03:06)
{{wikipedia|The Center for Election Science}}
** 03:06
*** But getting it on the ballot isn't enough, you have to make sure that people know about approval voting.
** 03:11
*** After all, approval voting at this time hadn't even been used anywhere.
** 03:15
*** So, Jed literally went to the airwaves, telling everybody that he could about approval voting.
** 03:25
*** After telling people about approval voting, what did the people of Fargo think?
** 03:30
*** Jed had an organization, Reform Fargo, where he did outreach, getting people to learn about approval voting.
** 03:36
*** He had teamed up with us at the Center for Election Science at this point.
** 03:39
*** We were educating people about approval voting, and the people in Fargo, they were enthusiastic.
** 03:46
*** After all, there is this very simple voting method that addressed vote splitting and gave people a nice consensus candidate.
** 03:55
*** It just made sense.
** 03:59
*** But now that you have all these people on board, what do you do?


There's an article on [[Wikipedia]] about this organization. See [[wikipedia:The Center for Election Science]].
* 4th minute (04:00 - 04:59)
** 04:02
*** You have to have people coming out to vote, and that's when the next phase went into play.
** 04:08
*** That was gathering an approval voting army.
** 04:12
*** Jed, with his organization, and identifying key stakeholders in the community, was able to get them to go door-to-door telling people to go out to vote, to vote for this solution, this simple solution of approval voting.
** 04:27
*** And it didn't hurt that we had a secret weapon of cute kids like this among our volunteer team to get people to go out to vote and persuade people over the media.
** 04:40
*** Given that, it's little surprise the outcome. 63 and a half percent win.
*** [applause]
*** Thank you.
** 04:50
*** And this made Fargo, North Dakota, the first city ever in the United States to use approval voting.
** 04:57
*** And here's our take away: Be like Jed.


=== News ===
* 5th minute (05:00 - 05:59)
The news from the Center for Election Science can be found here:
** 05:01
*https://electionscience.org/about/media-mentions/
*** Don't let others sit on their hands when there's a simple solution.
It can't be found on blog.electionscience.org<ref name="blog.electionscience.org">{{Cite web|url=https://blog.electionscience.org/|title=Not found (blog.electionscience.org)|last=|first=|date=|website=The Center for Election Science|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-14}}</ref> or news.electionscience.org.<ref name="news.electionscience.org">{{Cite web|url=https://news.electionscience.org/|title=Not found (news.electionscience.org)|last=|first=|date=|website=The Center for Election Science|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-14}}</ref>
** 05:06
*** And now there's only one question left:  Who will be the Jed to bring approval voting to it's next city?
** 05:13
*** Thank you.
** 05:14
*** (applause) (upbeat music)


== References ==
==== Unrig 2019 ====
Below is Aaron Hamlin's speech about C4ES, that he gave at the "Unrig Summit" on June 19, 2019 on behalf of The Center for Election Science. The summary of the video:<blockquote>''How did Fargo, ND (yes—the Fargo that featured Steve Buscemi in a woodchipper) lead the charge for a more representative democracy? Aaron Hamlin of The Center for Election Science tells the inspiring story of how one citizen's passion and grassroots activism sparked a successful movement to make Fargo the first city in the US to implement approval voting.''</blockquote>The video can be found on YouTube, licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_b8rvOQGc&feature=youtu.be|title=How Fargo Took The Lead With Approval Voting - Aaron Hamlin - YouTube|last=Hamlin|first=Aaron|date=June 19, 2019|website=www.youtube.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468|title=Creative Commons - YouTube Help|website=support.google.com|access-date=2021-02-13}}</ref> An outline follows:
[[Category:Advocacy]]

[[Category:Organizations]]
*0th minute ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_b8rvOQGc 00:00 - 00:59]) - background on Fargo, North Dakota.
[[Category:C4ES|*]]
*1st minute ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_b8rvOQGc&t=1m00s 1:00 - 2:00]) - discussion about the leader of the Fargo campaign (Jed Lemke)
*2nd minute ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_b8rvOQGc&t=1m52s 02:00 - 03:00]) - description of approval voting, and the political challenges of implementing it in Fargo
*3rd Minute ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_b8rvOQGc&t=2m55s 03:00 - 04:00]) - gathering signatures for a ballot measure
*4th Minute ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_b8rvOQGc&t=3m55s 04:00 - 05:13]) - building support and winning the election (with 63.5% of the vote)

== References==
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[[Category:Advocacy|Center for Election Science]]
[[Category:Organizations|Center for Election Science]]
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Latest revision as of 11:30, 4 May 2022

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Wikipedia has an article on:
Logo for the Center for Election Science, as found at https://electionscience.org

The Center for Election Science (CES or C4ES[1]) is an American 501(c)(3) electoral reform advocacy organization.[2][3][4][5] It mainly advocates for approval voting[6], and doesn't appear to be on track to hit its goal is to implement approval voting in at least 5 cities with 50,000 people by 2022.[7] However, it was instrumental in getting Fargo, North Dakota and St. Louis, Missouri to implement approval voting, and is funding chapters all over the United States of America.

Affiliations

The Center for Election Science has affiliations with organizations all over the United States. More about these organizations can be found on the official website.[8]

Eastern

see also: Eastern United States, Advocacy/United States/Eastern

Central

see also: Central United States, Advocacy/United States/Central

Mountain

see also: Mountain United States, Advocacy/United States/Mountain

Pacific

see also: Pacific United States, Advocacy/United States/Pacific

Other stuff

Wikipedia

Wikipedia has an article on:

There's an article on Wikipedia about this organization. See wikipedia:The Center for Election Science.

News

The news from the Center for Election Science can be found here:

It can't be found on blog.electionscience.org[21] or news.electionscience.org.[22]

Unrig 2019

Below is Aaron Hamlin's speech about C4ES, that he gave at the "Unrig Summit" on June 19, 2019 on behalf of The Center for Election Science. The summary of the video:

How did Fargo, ND (yes—the Fargo that featured Steve Buscemi in a woodchipper) lead the charge for a more representative democracy? Aaron Hamlin of The Center for Election Science tells the inspiring story of how one citizen's passion and grassroots activism sparked a successful movement to make Fargo the first city in the US to implement approval voting.

The video can be found on YouTube, licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)".[23][24] An outline follows:

  • 0th minute (00:00 - 00:59) - background on Fargo, North Dakota.
  • 1st minute (1:00 - 2:00) - discussion about the leader of the Fargo campaign (Jed Lemke)
  • 2nd minute (02:00 - 03:00) - description of approval voting, and the political challenges of implementing it in Fargo
  • 3rd Minute (03:00 - 04:00) - gathering signatures for a ballot measure
  • 4th Minute (04:00 - 05:13) - building support and winning the election (with 63.5% of the vote)

References

  1. ↑ User:RobLa has been lobbying to make "C4ES" the abbreviation for a while. See Talk:The Center for Election Science#C4ES for a discussion
  2. ↑ "The Center for Election Science". Idealist.org. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  3. ↑ Griffiths, Shawn (March 15, 2019). "10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020". Independent Voter News. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  4. ↑ Shackford, Scott (2018-10-26). "Fargo Considers Whether to Turn Local Elections into a Voting System of Likes (and Dislikes)". Reason. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  5. ↑ Cutler, Eliot R. (March 9, 2019). "Blame Democrats, not me, for Paul LePage victories". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  6. ↑ "Approval Voting". The Center for Election Science. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  7. ↑ "STRATEGIC PLAN 2019-2021" (PDF). Center for Election Science.
  8. ↑ "Center for Election Science Chapter Program".
  9. ↑ Approval Voting Mid-Atlantic
  10. ↑ Approval Voting NY + CT + NJ
  11. ↑ MassApproves Facebook Page
  12. ↑ MassApproves Twitter
  13. ↑ Philadelphia Approves (Greater Philly) Discord Channel
  14. ↑ https://stlapproves.org/
  15. ↑ https://reformfargo.org/
  16. ↑ Approval Voting Texas
  17. ↑ "Approval Voting Colorado" Facebook Group
  18. ↑ https://utahapproves.org/
  19. ↑ https://seattleapproves.org
  20. ↑ https://californiaapproves.org
  21. ↑ "Not found (blog.electionscience.org)". The Center for Election Science. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  22. ↑ "Not found (news.electionscience.org)". The Center for Election Science. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  23. ↑ Hamlin, Aaron (June 19, 2019). "How Fargo Took The Lead With Approval Voting - Aaron Hamlin - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  24. ↑ "Creative Commons - YouTube Help". support.google.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
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