Local organizations for approval voting

This could be a list of organizations working actively for adoption of approval voting. In addition to the name of the organization, it might be useful to list what elections the organization is proposing, a summary of progress thus far, possibly a list of members who can be contacted, and any other information that seems relevant.

United States of America

A national organization exists called Citizens for Approval Voting, <http://www.approvalvoting.org>. They have an active discussion group on Yahoo, which can be accessed at <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ApprovalVoting/>.

California

Greg Wolfe in San Francisco (bogonflux -at- gmail.com) No organization or activity at this time.

Colorado

July 2012 Frank Atwood & Paul Tiger are working on an Approval Voting bill in the statehouse for 2013. This is active legislation, not a pipe dream. If you're interested in seeing Approval Voting become state law Contact av(at)paultiger.com

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Jan Kok in Fort Collins (jan.kok.5y -at- gmail.com) No organization or activity at this time. Willing to give presentations. See my article www.votebuddy.org/votemeth.htm and slide set at math.temple.edu/~wds/crv/BetterVotingMethods.ppt

The Colorado Green Party tried to promote IRV in 2004-2005. Some of their committee members showed interest in Approval and Condorcet.

Tennessee

Mahendra Prasad. If you are a Tennesseean or live near Memphis, TN, and have an interest in approval voting, please contact me on the message board at Citizens for Approval Voting <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ApprovalVoting/>. Even if you are not from that general area, you can use that message board to connect with others interested in approval voting.