ElectoramaWeekly(-ish) and the May 20 ElectoramaCall
Rob Lanphier via Election-Methods <[email protected]> Thu, 14 May 2026 01:23:48 -0700
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Hi folks,
Carlo Miranda, Taylor Eigen Fisher, and I recorded the second episode of
"ElectoramaWeekly", a weekly(-ish) videocast that may become a podcast one
day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DZD1C_scSEYk
This week, we discussed this year's California governor's race, which
involves a "jungle primary" election held on June 2 (with 61 candidates on
the ballot, though two of them have already dropped out). The top two
plurality winners advance to the general election in a pairwise
competition. Those of y'all unfamiliar with the situation can read more on
the electowiki article:
https://electowiki.org/wiki/2026_California_gubernatorial_election
We also discussed the following:
- Virginia=E2=80=99s ranked-choice voting local-option bill (SB 176 / Ch=
apter
993 and HB 630 / Chapter 1062, effective July 1, 2026).
- https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB176/2026
- Ohio's Senate Bill 395 introducing a =E2=80=9Ctop-three primary=E2=80=
=9D plus
=E2=80=9Cconsensus choice=E2=80=9D general-election bill.
-
https://edwardbfoley.substack.com/p/ohio-bill-to-enact-top-3-direct-c=
onsensus
- https://www.betterchoicesohio.org/top3headtohead
-
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/politics/legislation-aims-to-overhaul-ohio=
-elections-with-consensus-voting/
- Bram Cohen's blog post =E2=80=9CApproval Voting Is A Bad Idea=E2=80=9D=
. Cohen is the
inventor of BitTorrent:
- https://bramcohen.com/p/approval-voting-is-a-bad-idea
- Most active discussions on the EM-list (e.g. Gustav Thorzen's thread
about "Majority-Beat vs Plurality-Beat Condorcet")
-
http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com=
/2026-April/thread.html#7145
- Most active posts on the Voting Theory forum, including =E2=80=9CSmith=
Primary
to Approval=E2=80=9D
- https://votingtheory.org/forum/topic/608/smith-primary-to-approval/
- An online proposal by Equal Vote Coalition to change top-two plurality
to top-two approval in California
- https://www.equal.vote/upgradetoptwo?recruiter_id=3D300434
Though we touched on the items above, the bulk of our ElectoramaWeekly time
this week was spent discussing the craziness in the California gubinatorial
race.
All previous and future episodes of ElectoramaWeekly can be found here:
https://electowiki.org/wiki/ElectoramaNews/Weekly
I also want to plug the ElectoramaCall coming up in a week (on Wednesday,
May 20 at 2pm Pacific):
https://electowiki.org/wiki/ElectoramaCall
We'll discuss what should be the focus of future ElectoramaWeekly
videocasts and what the focus of the ElectoramaNews monthly newsletter for
May should be.
I'm hoping Carlo and Taylor are generally available many/most weeks
(especially this coming week), but I'd still like to have a queue of
possible guest hosts and guests. What's the difference between a "guest
host" and a "guest"? The "guest host" works with me to prepare a crude
outline/script we can use to keep us on track, and isn't the focus of the
show. A "guest" is someone we ask questions of, and we probably won't even
share our list of prepared questions with them. We haven't had a proper
guest yet, but suggestions welcome!
If you have suggestions for either possible "guest hosts" or "guests", send
mail to [email protected] or add a comment here:
https://electowiki.org/wiki/Talk:ElectoramaNews/Weekly
Self-nominations are welcome! No guarantees that we'll have you as a guest
host or a guest, but we'd love help.
Speaking of that help: we have one big question that needs an answer soon.
What electowiki article seems like a great topic for us to focus on in our
next ElectowikiWeekly videocast? My bias would be to dive deeper into Ohio
SB 395, and ensure we draft material to read from in the Ohio article:
https://electowiki.org/wiki/Ohio
Rob
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi folks,<div><br></div><div>Carlo Mirand=
a, Taylor Eigen Fisher, and I recorded the second episode of "Electora=
maWeekly", a weekly(-ish) videocast that may become a podcast one day:=
</div><div><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DZD1C_scSEYk" target=
=3D"_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DZD1C_scSEYk</a></div><div><br=
></div><div>This week, we discussed this year's California governor'=
;s race, which involves a "jungle primary" election held on June =
2 (with 61 candidates on the ballot, though two of them have already droppe=
d out).=C2=A0 The top two plurality winners advance to the general election=
in a pairwise competition.=C2=A0 Those of y'all unfamiliar with the si=
tuation can read more on the electowiki article:</div><div><a href=3D"https=
://electowiki.org/wiki/2026_California_gubernatorial_election" target=3D"_b=
lank">https://electowiki.org/wiki/2026_California_gubernatorial_election</a=
></div><div><br></div><div>We also discussed the following:</div><div><ul><=
li>Virginia=E2=80=99s ranked-choice voting local-option bill (SB 176 / Chap=
ter 993 and HB 630 / Chapter 1062, effective July 1, 2026).</li><ul><li><a =
href=3D"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB176/2026" target=3D"_blank">https://=
legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB176/2026</a></li></ul><li>Ohio's Senate Bill 395=
introducing a =E2=80=9Ctop-three primary=E2=80=9D plus =E2=80=9Cconsensus =
choice=E2=80=9D general-election bill.</li><ul><li><a href=3D"https://edwar=
dbfoley.substack.com/p/ohio-bill-to-enact-top-3-direct-consensus" target=3D=
"_blank">https://edwardbfoley.substack.com/p/ohio-bill-to-enact-top-3-direc=
t-consensus</a></li><li><a href=3D"https://www.betterchoicesohio.org/top3he=
adtohead" target=3D"_blank">https://www.betterchoicesohio.org/top3headtohea=
d</a></li><li><a href=3D"https://www.nbc4i.com/news/politics/legislation-ai=
ms-to-overhaul-ohio-elections-with-consensus-voting/" target=3D"_blank">htt=
ps://www.nbc4i.com/news/politics/legislation-aims-to-overhaul-ohio-election=
s-with-consensus-voting/</a></li></ul><li>Bram Cohen's blog post =E2=80=
=9CApproval Voting Is A Bad Idea=E2=80=9D.=C2=A0 Cohen is the inventor of B=
itTorrent:</li><ul><li><a href=3D"https://bramcohen.com/p/approval-voting-i=
s-a-bad-idea" target=3D"_blank">https://bramcohen.com/p/approval-voting-is-=
a-bad-idea</a></li></ul><li>Most active discussions on the EM-list (e.g.=C2=
=A0Gustav Thorzen's thread about "Majority-Beat vs Plurality-Beat =
Condorcet")</li><ul><li><a href=3D"http://lists.electorama.com/piperma=
il/election-methods-electorama.com/2026-April/thread.html#7145" target=3D"_=
blank">http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.co=
m/2026-April/thread.html#7145</a></li></ul><li>Most active posts on the Vot=
ing Theory forum, including =E2=80=9CSmith Primary to Approval=E2=80=9D</li=
><ul><li><a href=3D"https://votingtheory.org/forum/topic/608/smith-primary-=
to-approval/" target=3D"_blank">https://votingtheory.org/forum/topic/608/sm=
ith-primary-to-approval/</a></li></ul><li>An online proposal by Equal Vote =
Coalition to change top-two plurality to top-two approval in California</li=
><ul><li><a href=3D"https://www.equal.vote/upgradetoptwo?recruiter_id=3D300=
434">https://www.equal.vote/upgradetoptwo?recruiter_id=3D300434</a></li></u=
l></ul><div>Though we touched on the items above, the bulk of our Electoram=
aWeekly time this week was spent discussing the craziness in the California=
gubinatorial race.</div></div><div><br></div><div>All previous and future =
episodes of ElectoramaWeekly can be found here:</div><div><a href=3D"https:=
//electowiki.org/wiki/ElectoramaNews/Weekly" target=3D"_blank">https://elec=
towiki.org/wiki/ElectoramaNews/Weekly</a></div><div><br></div><div>I also w=
ant to plug the ElectoramaCall coming up in a week (on Wednesday, May 20 at=
2pm Pacific):</div><div><a href=3D"https://electowiki.org/wiki/ElectoramaC=
all" target=3D"_blank">https://electowiki.org/wiki/ElectoramaCall</a></div>=
<div><br></div><div>We'll discuss what=C2=A0should be the focus of futu=
re ElectoramaWeekly videocasts and what the focus of the ElectoramaNews mon=
thly newsletter for May should be.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm hoping =
Carlo and Taylor are generally available many/most weeks (especially this c=
oming week), but I'd still like to have a queue of possible guest hosts=
and guests.=C2=A0 What's the difference between a "guest host&quo=
t; and a "guest"?=C2=A0 The "guest host" works with me =
to prepare a crude outline/script we can use to keep us on track, and isn&#=
39;t the focus of the show.=C2=A0 A "guest" is someone we ask que=
stions of, and we probably won't even share our list of prepared questi=
ons with them.=C2=A0 We haven't had a proper guest yet, but suggestions=
welcome!</div><div><br></div><div>If you have suggestions for either possi=
ble "guest hosts" or "guests", send mail to <a href=3D"=
mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> or ad=
d a comment here:</div><div><a href=3D"https://electowiki.org/wiki/Talk:Ele=
ctoramaNews/Weekly" target=3D"_blank">https://electowiki.org/wiki/Talk:Elec=
toramaNews/Weekly</a></div><div><br></div><div>Self-nominations are welcome=
!=C2=A0 No guarantees that we'll have you as a guest host or a guest, b=
ut we'd love help.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking of that help: we h=
ave one big question that needs an answer soon.=C2=A0 =C2=A0What electowiki=
article seems like a great topic for us to focus on in our next Electowiki=
Weekly videocast?=C2=A0 My bias would be to dive deeper into Ohio SB 395, a=
nd ensure we draft material to read from in the Ohio article:</div><div><a =
href=3D"https://electowiki.org/wiki/Ohio">https://electowiki.org/wiki/Ohio<=
/a></div><div><br></div><div>Rob</div><div><br></div></div>
</div>
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