Including if americans think president ial candidates should be required to release tax returns, and if citizens should be required to show government. D to vote ranked Choice Voting is a system that takes voters preference among candidates into account if no candidate receives a majority. Only 37 of voters prefer ranked choice over winner takes all systems. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Hello, good evening, and welcome to new america. I am glad we have such a nice room. I am the director of the Political Reform Program. I want to welcome you all to a discussion about the possibilities of ranked Choice Voting, potentially solving a bunch of different challenges. This is an event in a series of events for new americas 20th anniversary. It was founded in 1999. We are creating a home for new generation of people and ideas across a wide range of Public Policy questions. I am kind of an of the oldtimers, although i was not here in 1999, although i knew the founders and saw the creation of
At least 2 people were killed and 200 injured in iraq as police and hundreds protesting against the government. A political standoff in peru the opposition refuses to leave congress after the president loses its closure. And Scientists Say possible glassy on the italian side of most blome could be days from collapsing on to a value. Chinas day of celebration has descended into violence in hong kong with tens of thousands of antigovernment protests clashing with riot police as Mainland China marks 70 years of communist rule a teenage demonstrator was shot at close range by police in hong kong leaving him in a Critical Condition it is the 1st injury from a live round in. Nearly 4 months of protests across the territory prodemocracy organizers say despite a protest by at least 100000 people most of what they are describing as a day of grief this as beijing showed off its military might in a jubilant parades with 15000. 00 servicemen and advanced weaponry will have more gas in a moment but
It is the people, not an unelected Prime Minister, who should determine our countrys future. An election is the democratic way forward. Its shaping up to be another dramatic week in westminster, send in your questions on brexit and well try and answer them atjust after 2. 30. The most powerful storm to hit the bahamas since records began Hurricane Dorian smashes in with winds of up to 180 miles an hour, causing huge damage and severe flooding. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport changes within the england camp, ahead of the crucial 4th ashes test against australia. And, the former premier league star hitting out against racism in football. The weather making news, susan, and that hurricane is not moving. Thats just about the worst thing a major hurricane can do. We will look at why thats happening and how it can have knock on effects of how we forecast where it goes next. I will see you in half an hour. Thanks, susan. Also coming up as commercial whaling gets undeway once again i
Rights, it means we all have. And scientists discover the oldest modern human fossil ever found outside africa. Three days after the contents of his scathing diplomatic cables about donald trump were published in a sunday newspaper, and a day after the president said he would no longer have anything to do with him, the uk ambassador to the United States has resigned. Sir kim darroch said in a letter to the Foreign Office the Current Situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like. The head of britains Diplomatic Service has been speaking to parliament about Donald Trumps refusal to work with a British Ambassador. This is not the first time a British Ambassador has left post. But, or resign because of. Actions taken by host government, but usually, they are governments with who we have problematic relations rather than friendly relations. And even then, had there been many occasions in your experience where there has been refusal to work with the british, c
Today i said that they changed tactics, if earlier, the socalled prowestern antirussian opposition still covered up and at least declared commitment, lets say to the right, that we must organize fair elections, observations, that is, through these mechanisms they they tried to use this electoral baton, lets say, i make claims about what we have there. We think incorrectly, and so on and so forth, but now they have practically abandoned it, why, the situation is drastic, has changed, precisely because, that the people, understanding all this external threat, and it was clear that what authority the president has, what the result could be, they are also not idiots, what kind of turnout could be, they also predicted, they saw that this was the trend, and that in to do such a situation as. Unfortunately, our colleague berdyansky also died on march 6, ilina, our ilina valerievna, than the commission, led the center for children and youth creativity, they wanted to intimidate, but what happe