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Friday, January 6, 2012

The Trouble With Ranked-Choice Voting

By Corey Cook*

In the December issue of The Urbanist, we published an article by University of San Francisco Associate Professor Corey Cook that questioned the impact of ranked-choice voting on San Francisco elections. Recently, San Francisco State Professor Emeritus Rich DeLeon asked us if he could present another point of view. His reply appears in the previous post, and Professor Cook has in turn responded with a follow-up, below.

 

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Friday, January 6, 2012

In Defense of Ranked-Choice Voting

By Rich DeLeon*

In the December issue of The Urbanist, we published an article by University of San Francisco Associate Professor Corey Cook that questioned the impact of ranked-choice voting on San Francisco elections. Recently, San Francisco State Professor Emeritus Rich DeLeon asked us if he could present another point of view. His reply is below. Professor Cook has in turn responded with a follow-up post.

 

Professor Corey Cook’s article in the December 2011 Urbanist assesses San Francisco’s ranked

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Monday, December 19, 2011

California's Latest Experiment in Democracy: Deliberative Polling

By Corey Marshall, Good Government Policy Director
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Image courtesy Flickr user °Simo°

Ever the pioneer in the political process, California is once again experimenting with its democracy, this time with new approach to helping the public understand reform proposals.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

The 2011 Election's Real Winner? Getting Back to Basics

by Corey Marshall, Good Government Policy Director
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With

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

What San Franciscans Need to Know About Ranked-Choice Voting

By Corey Cook, University of San Francisco
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In the weeks leading up to the November 8 election, San Franciscans find themselves up to their necks in news articles (from Tags: good government

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

SPUR's 2011 Voter Guide Now Online

By Corey Marshall, Good Government Director

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

How to Solve San Francisco’s Parks Funding Crisis

By Corey Marshall, SPUR Good Government Director

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Friday, August 26, 2011

Election 2011: How Did SF’s Pension Problem Get This Bad?

By Corey Marshall, Good Government Policy Director
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San Francisco City Hall. Courtesy Henderson Images

With two different pension-reform measures on the upcoming ballot, it’s no secret that pension reform will have a significant impact on the November election.

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Hackathon! Coders and civil servants unite to fix SF

BY PETER ENZMINGER
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Hackathon teams in action. Image courtesy Summer of Smart

A grown man napping on his laptop case. Daily visits from SF mayoral candidates.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Summer of Smart: using technology to transform our government

BY MICHAEL BARKER
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San Francisco City Hall. Image courtesy flickr user Brandon Doran

Since President Obama launched his Open Government Directive in December 2009, tech-savvy urban thinkers have been asking, "How can technology impr

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