Natalie andrews covers congress for the wall street journal reporting at wsj. Com. On twitter, she is a w sj, thank you for joining us. Thank you. America hosted a discussion on ranked Choice Voting also called instant runoff voting. It takes voters second and third choices into account if no candidate receives the majority. This is one hour 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to new america. Im glad we have a nice room, comfortable chairs. Im the director of the food and political reform and when i welcome you all to a discussion of the possibilities of ring Choice Voting as it approaches and revives our democracy in various ways potentially solving and bone jump different challenges. America was founded in 1999 with the idea of creating a home for new generation of both people and ideas across a wide range of Public Policy questions, i am one of the oldtimers although i was not here 1989 but i knew the founders and some of the creation and forming the polit
Bryne is a small place, but a warm place, a place where everyone knows each other. The people in bryne, in time kommune, in the jaeren, as we call it here, is, yeah, friendly people, but working, hard working people. Bryne is the biggest place in an area called jaeren, which is a very agriculture heavy place, theres a lot of farms. Right outside of the city, you can see green grass everywhere, so were very proud that we have so many good, hard working farmers. We can get the best food on the table and being strong as erling only 12,000 lives here. People quite friendly, but quiet. We wont use ten words i or if one word is sufficient, or even a meaningful pause. You can see that in erling. He doesnt speak long sentences, and thats normal here. Growing up in bryne is very much about football. Its basically been the one thing that this town is all about. The Football Team bryne were in the top divisionl for a very long time, they finished second twice in the 805, they won the cup in 1987.
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