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Dear <<commissioner name>>,

Unfortunately, elections in Fargo aren't perfect. Not only was I impressed by your move to make a special task force to look at improvements for our city's elections, I was also very happy with their recommendations. The idea of using approval voting to solve our election issues, like what to do with a third-party candidate in a two-party dominant system, sounds like a great idea.

I hope you'll place the task force's recommendations on the ballot next election for us to vote on.

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<<address>>

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Dear <<commissioner name>>,

Every time I vote, I've been irritated by the options available. I care about issues. Getting forced to try to find the lesser of two 'evils' when voting just makes me mad. The more I learn about it, the happier I am that the task force recommended that Fargo switch to approval voting.

I hope you'll give us the chance to vote on this reform by putting it on the next ballot.

<<name>>

<<address>>

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Dear <<commissioner name>>,

I support the voting system changes recommended by the Election Task Force. Approval voting is a rational way to make sure the election results honor the will of the people in elections, and I would love to see Fargo be a leader in this logical voting reform.

We could show everyone else that there are better ways to elect people! Don't you think it'd be great if this was used on a federal level—where we could elect representatives with higher approval ratings than the current "pick ONE" system that just pits us against each other?

Please put these recommendations to switch to approval voting and add commissioners on the next ballot, giving us all a chance to vote on them.

Thank you for your service to our community.

<<name>>

<<address>>

<<phone number>>