Choice Voting Blog

Here's an interesting 5-minute interview with Michael Sullivan, the mayor of Cambridge, MA, about choice voting:

• interview with mayor of Cambridge, MA (5 min)

Excerpt #1:

MAYOR SULLIVAN: "...now based upon having coming up with a computer program we can do it [count the ballots] unofficially the night of the election and officially the next day. And I think that's a significant aspect... I think this system has allowed for a greater breadth of representation."

Excerpt #2:

MAYOR SULLIVAN: "...there is a sort of grassroots group that's coming around saying that this is the best way to elect people to allow a greater breadth of voice."

INTERVIEWER: "Does it lead to political conflict or divisiveness?"

MAYOR SULLIVAN: "In fact just the opposite I would argue..."

The interview was conducted by The Early Edition's Rick Cluff of CBC News in British Columbia.