Vexilloid Tabloid #60

The October 2016 edition of the PFA club newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid #60, is here, featuring: 1 October Is World Vexillology Day (Scott Mainwaring) How Albany, Oregon, Got a Flag (Cole Pouliot) The Flag of Null Island (Ted Kaye) 1993 Proposals for Macau's Flag (Patrick Genna) Powell Boulevard's Flag Parade (Ted Kaye) Editor's note: In this issue, Scott Mainwaring tells… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #60

Vexilloid Tabloid #59

The latest issue (number 59) of the PFA newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid, features: Introduction: The 15th Anniversary of 9/11 (Ted Kaye) Ice Cream Flags (David Koski) Memories from a Flag Store on the Morning of 9/11 (Michael Hale) The Flags of Boys State in Salem (Ted Kaye and Brian McKinley) Biogeographical Vexillology of Puerto Rico (Carlos Alberto… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #59

Vexilloid Tabloid #58

The latest issue of the PFA newsletter is here:  The Vexilloid Tabloid #58 (June 2016). Featuring: Introduction: NZ, VT, and Albany (Ted Kaye) A U.S. Canton Honoring Alaska (Michael Orelove) A Flag for the Other Portland (Ted Kaye) Czech Municipal Flags (interview with Petr Exner by Scott Mainwaring) Redesigning the U.S. Flag (Scott Mainwaring) New Flags for Australia's… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #58

New Zealand’s Flag Referendum and Theories of Voting

by Erik Herron, PhD Eberly Family Professor of Political Science West Virginia University (from Vexilloid Tabloid #57) Introduction The disciplines of vexillology and psephology (the scientific study of elections) have many commonalities: both focus on how design and representation intersect. New Zealand’s 2015–16 Flag Referendums caused these two worlds to collide. This article assesses the… Continue reading New Zealand’s Flag Referendum and Theories of Voting