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Posted on 08/27/2022 4:54:05 AM PDT by george76
The purpose of rank choice voting is for those in power to remain in power.
So, Alaska doesn’t have software? This could be run and done in a day.
Without rank choice the democrat would win. Now it’s possible the republican can win.
Ranked choice = the Lisa Murkowski Preservation Act
Palin needs to sue and get a ruling that ranked choice voting violates the 1 man 1 vote principle and is unconstitutional
This is wrong because the 2 repubs would have faced off in a primary before a general election instead of having an insane ranked choice jungle primary
Ranked choice voting is stupid. I go to the polls knowing the candidate I want. It’s rare that I have a second best choice. Unlike most voters, I spend time researching and often speaking with candidates.
Most will just rank names on a list.
It’s moronic.
Johnny Rocco style
https://youtu.be/ggJNrDf6S_4
That’s the whole idea hear...the longer they fiddle the ballets....the easier it is to mess with them. Rank choice is a process intended to interfere with “Election Day” resulting
Only way for Murski to stay in power.
That will show up like this on the next ballot:
(You MUST choose all of them, in your order of preference, or your ballot will be discarded.)
__ 1. Keep ranked choice voting
__ 2. Remove ranked choice voting, in favor of the Democrat Party choosing on every election item
__ 3. Remove ranked choice voting, in favor of using a roll of the dice, performed in private by the Democrat Party
__ 4. Remove ranked choice voting, returning to the prior solitary choice voting system.
It would be much better if they did the runoff. If one doesn’t get 50.1%, the top two face each other. That makes sense. This doesn’t.
Doesn’t bode well for states who want to do away with same day voting on paper ballots.
I live in Maine and what is not clear to me is whether you can indicate only one choice and have it applied to each digital runoff. I have started voting 5 times on my ballot with my one choice so that my intent is clear.
Ranked choice voting is stupid.
The R vote splits again.
And don’t for a second think that was not the plan of the GOP.
These schemes should be invalidated. It is up to parties to pick their nominees by whatever rules they choose, else allow independents by whatever terms the law allows. The government then puts them on the ballot, vote once! It is stupid pooling this, doing rank choice schemes, etc., which are simply meant to undo the clear will of the people.
Ranked choice voting is stupid, because it assumes that everyone has perfect knowledge of how they evaluate the candidates, and how they would vote in succeeding rounds.
That is hardly true... most people barely know the candidates for many offices aside from a few sound bite ads (positive and negative) and their party affiliation.
In a runoff, people get to think about it at least a little.
And, either way, it takes time.
Uncertainty in voter preferences, as well as uncertainties in the vote counting process, make ranked preference voting an unholy mess.
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