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New York City to adopt ranked-choice voting
The Hill ^ | 11 05 2019 | Tal Axelrod

Posted on 11/05/2019 8:37:19 PM PST by yesthatjallen

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The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) is a New York Statewide student-directed, non-partisan, not for profit political organization. It has existed since 1973. Its current executive director is Blair Horner and its founding director was Donald K. Ross.

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1 posted on 11/05/2019 8:37:19 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

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2 posted on 11/05/2019 8:38:40 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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In most general elections, I don’t find more than 2 candidate worth my consideration.


3 posted on 11/05/2019 8:40:01 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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The better for communists to win.


4 posted on 11/05/2019 8:40:25 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen

We have this crap in Maine for federal elections.

Cost the GOP House incumbent (Congressman Bruce Poliquin) his House seat in November 2018.


5 posted on 11/05/2019 8:44:40 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm triggered by liberals and other assorted moonbats.)
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I believe in Maine, a Republican who received the most votes, but not the majority, lost the election using this system.


6 posted on 11/05/2019 8:45:07 PM PST by hanamizu
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America 2020 - One Person Five Votes!

-PJ

7 posted on 11/05/2019 8:47:22 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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Portland Maine’s very liberal mayor, Ethan Strimling has lost reelection via rank choice, final results not in but he conceded about 10 pm. We are waiting for the final tabulation to confirm the first place finisher finished first. Somehow Portland will end up with the best option for mayor.


8 posted on 11/05/2019 8:48:45 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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Just as I posted it was confirmed that Kate Synder will be our new Mayor. She was the least liberal of all 4 of our candidates.


9 posted on 11/05/2019 8:50:06 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: hanamizu

This sounds kind of the the electoral college system Democrats hate because it’s not democratic and it doesn’t reward the winner of the popular vote.


10 posted on 11/05/2019 8:50:39 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: a fool in paradise
In most general elections, I don’t find more than 2 candidate worth my consideration.

So true.

The propositions are even EASIER. They all ask for MORE and MORE money and then do NOTHING with it. So I vote NO on all the propositions except for when the money is for the police and fire departments.

11 posted on 11/05/2019 8:54:18 PM PST by cloudmountain
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Yes. Second District Congressman Bruce Poliquin received 2,500 more votes but lost to democrat Jared Golden in Nov. 2018.

Neither the GOP guy or the dem challenger received 50.1% of the vote, so they counted the second choice of the voters who cast their initial vote for the two minor candidates on the ballot, liberals Tiffany Bond, who didn’t even live in the 2nd ditrict district, and William Hoar.

These two minor candidates combined received 8% of the vote. Most of their voters chose democrat Jared Golden as their second choice, and Golden was declared the winner.

Most people, such as myself, voted for only one person.


12 posted on 11/05/2019 8:56:09 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm triggered by liberals and other assorted moonbats.)
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All the PIRGs (Public Interest Research Groups) were started by Ralph Nader. Non-partisan my ass.


13 posted on 11/05/2019 8:58:42 PM PST by DaxtonBrown
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1 commie
2 socialist
3 Marxist
4 Stalinist
5 leninuts
6 Maoist

There’s your choices New York losers


14 posted on 11/05/2019 8:59:16 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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This kind of voting system can actually be a useful tool; but not where the outcome is a one time win-lose situation like a political election. Winning a plurality should be sufficient; to tinker with that and reach a different outcome is unwarranted and stupid.
15 posted on 11/05/2019 8:59:38 PM PST by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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I always assume 'non-partisan' is code for Democrat.

They might as well be. Republics seem to side with Democrat initiatives. They see it as 'reaching across the isle and in the sprite of compromise'.

16 posted on 11/05/2019 9:01:57 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: a fool in paradise

That gets at what I was wondering: what if you don’t want to vote for anyone after your first choice?


17 posted on 11/05/2019 9:02:00 PM PST by be-baw
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Right, I don’t only want to not vote for the rest, I want to vote AGAINST all of the rest...


18 posted on 11/05/2019 9:13:04 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: yesthatjallen

Ranked Fraud Voting

Moving second or fifth rank to first is fraud.

Plurality majority already won the election.
Those voters are disenfranchized.

Choice of hanging tree should be on the ballot.
Always write in your choice 5 as Hanging Tree or Fraud Vote.


19 posted on 11/05/2019 9:47:07 PM PST by TheNext (I Am I Think)
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Calculated way to keep Communist fringe candidates in the running and winning when the disguised Communist bosses directly instruct voters to do target voting for their one or two candidates. Everyone else’s vote is diluted by random choice. Targeted voting works well, since the rest of the votes are scattered.


20 posted on 11/05/2019 10:15:11 PM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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