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Mar 1

Comparing 4 Voting Methods: Chicago Mayoral Election 2023

(UPDATED April 3, 2023) Results of an online survey suggest that alternative voting methods could dramatically reshape Chicago’s politics, and that different voting methods might do so in different ways — with implications for campaign funding incentives, the quality of public discourse, and the viability of different types of candidates. …

Voting Reform

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Comparing 4 Voting Methods: Chicago Mayoral Election 2023
Comparing 4 Voting Methods: Chicago Mayoral Election 2023
Voting Reform

32 min read


Feb 7

Vote Splitting in the Chicago Mayoral Election—Try Out Alternative Voting Methods!

In the upcoming mayoral election, Chicago’s method of voting puts Black candidates and progressive candidates at a structural disadvantage. — I created an anonymous survey where you can try out voting for Chicago’s next mayor using three alternative voting methods: https://forms.gle/MrXbFyZJBZcELmtZ6 I made this both as an educational tool to spread awareness about alternatives to our current method, and as an experiment to see if different voting methods yield different…

Vote Splitting

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Vote Splitting in the Chicago Mayoral Election—Try Out Alternative Voting Methods!
Vote Splitting in the Chicago Mayoral Election—Try Out Alternative Voting Methods!
Vote Splitting

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Jan 15

Remembering Chicago’s Renaissance Man

Artist, writer, and musician Jovan Mihailović passed away on August 1, 2022. This is the eulogy that I wrote for his Celebration of Life later that month. I’m posting this on January 15, 2023, which would have been his 89th birthday. …

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Remembering Chicago’s Renaissance Man
Remembering Chicago’s Renaissance Man

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Jun 30, 2022

Dysfunctional Primary Elections in Illinois

Only about 20% of registered Chicago voters turned out for the recent June 28th primary election, which means 80% didn’t participate in the democratic process — and that’s 80% of registered voters, not 80% of eligible voters. …

Approval Voting

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Approval Voting

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Feb 6, 2022

Humanity Makes Progress

The Rapid Growth of Effective Altruism [I originally wrote this piece in January, 2022 for a wall magazine my friend Subhajit Sengupta (co-founder of the education nonprofit Bidyang Dehi) was putting together for the occasion of Saraswati Puja (a holiday to celebrate the Hindu goddess of arts and education).] Technological…

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Humanity Makes Progress
Humanity Makes Progress

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Sam Hyson

Sam Hyson

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Chicago-based musician with interest in society and politics. Views subject to change. http://www.samhyson.com http://www.chicagofolkloreensemble.org

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