You want learn speak good about Ranked Choice Voting? 😂 The Oregon RCV Advocates are holding several “Speaker’s Bureau Training”sessions later this month. The first one is Wednesday, April 24 from 6 to 7 pm Virtually via Zoom!
@interfluidity no mention of #rankedChoice?
Wouldn't having three choices be just as good? Approval voting, as you have described it, still involves a binary approve/disapprove, and I am afraid it would not be enough to break up the parties. Just more candidates divided along the same lines? I want to avoid that binary choice.
I would add to #rcv a single vote against someone, to be counted along with first choices, increasing the likelihood that a first choice winner would not be divisive.
"This is a classic example of a problem that could be solved by ranked-choice voting, a tested, nonpartisan reform that discourages this sort of gamesmanship and more accurately represents what a majority of voters want."
Next thing I know, people gonna say that MLK Jr would have voted for Biden and say he was our best and only option.
inb4 "are you comparing yourself to MLK Jr?" No, he did more than you and I by the age of 26 and had more chill than I do (New York versus Southern energy). He walked with a piece though, nonviolence ain't mean pacifism.
Sorry you've had to deal with angry responses when criticizing Biden. Voting is below the minimum—I like that phrase—and we always have to pressure politicians to do the right thing. Biden has engaged in racial demagoguery and more (https://hachyderm.io/@jrefior/109824281884789141) and his immigration policies have often been cruel. That may help him win elections b/c how racist the US is, but it's wrong
Too bad the #Portland#CharterReview commission went with their feelings about how #RankChoice works, rather than listening to their voting methods research committee, who had done the homework and recommended #STARvoting. Now we've got the business association's pet conservative electeds proposing to make 3 proportional seats per district into 2 single-winner elections, where RCV/IRV #RankedChoice will deliver status quo results and money-talks manufactured consent, like it has for 100 years.🙄
On Sunday, June 25 the Oregon Legislature passed the House Bill 2004, which proposes ranked-choice voting in upcoming federal and statewide elections. The ballot measure will be voted on in Novembe…
👍 In the current US election system, a left-leaning third party only helps Republicans win (and is likely to be funded by Republicans), and a right-leaning #ThirdParty only helps Democrats win (and is likely to be funded by Democrats). It's the spoiler effect in First Past The Post (#FPTP), explained well by #GCPGrey in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo
If you want more real political parties, elect Democrats and pressure them to pass #RankedChoice voting for all elections
Ranked or STARred Voting (eugeneweekly.com)
On Sunday, June 25 the Oregon Legislature passed the House Bill 2004, which proposes ranked-choice voting in upcoming federal and statewide elections. The ballot measure will be voted on in Novembe…