Center for Election Science

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This is the logo for C4ES, as found at https://electionscience.org on Tuesday, June 23, 2020

The Center for Election Science (CES or C4ES[1]) is an American 501(c)(3) electoral reform advocacy organization.[2][3][4][5] It advocates for cardinal voting methods such as approval voting[6] and score voting.[7] Its goal is to implement approval voting in at least 5 cities with 50,000 people by 2022.[8]

Chapters

The Center for Election Science has chapters all over the United States. More about the chapters can be found on the official website.[9]

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

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 C4ES can be found here:

It can't be found on blog.electionscience.org[22] or news.electionscience.org.[23]

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)".[24][25] 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. ↑ "Score Voting". The Center for Election Science. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  8. ↑ "STRATEGIC PLAN 2019-2021" (PDF). Center for Election Science.
  9. ↑ "Center for Election Science Chapter Program".
  10. ↑ Approval Voting Mid-Atlantic
  11. ↑ Approval Voting NY + CT + NJ
  12. ↑ MassApproves Facebook Page
  13. ↑ MassApproves Twitter
  14. ↑ [ Philadelphia Approves (Greater Philly) Discord Channel]
  15. ↑ https://stlapproves.org/
  16. ↑ https://reformfargo.org/
  17. ↑ Approval Voting Texas
  18. ↑ "Approval Voting Colorado" Facebook Group
  19. ↑ https://utahapproves.org/
  20. ↑ https://seattleapproves.org
  21. ↑ https://californiaapproves.org
  22. ↑ "Not found (blog.electionscience.org)". The Center for Election Science. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  23. ↑ "Not found (news.electionscience.org)". The Center for Election Science. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  24. ↑ Hamlin, Aaron (June 19, 2019). "How Fargo Took The Lead With Approval Voting - Aaron Hamlin - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  25. ↑ "Creative Commons - YouTube Help". support.google.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
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