Posted on 12/25/2023 9:52:12 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Elected officials across the political spectrum and local Democratic and Republican parties are fighting against ranked-choice voting (RCV) as the election system will be considered by voters in multiple states next year.
RCV is an election process being introduced in states across the country, but is facing pushback from both sides of the political aisle, including efforts to ban it. With RCV, if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, then a runoff system is triggered. When voters cast their ballots, they rank each candidate in order of first-to-last.
If one candidate doesn't reach the 50% plus-one vote threshold, then the candidate with the least amount of first-choice votes is eliminated, then second-choice votes from those who voted for the last-place finisher are reallocated among the remaining candidates and tallied – in a process that continues until a candidate receives the majority of the vote.
RCV proponents argue that the system results in representative outcomes and majority rule, incentivizes positive campaigning, allows for more voter choice, and saves money when replacing preliminaries or runoffs, according to pro-RCV organization FairVote.
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One party is strongly for it, the other party can’t figure out what to do or say.
GEEZ US, RANKED CHOICE IS THE ...WORST...METHOD OF VOTING.
THE DEMONCRAPS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO ...STEEL ELECTIONS UNDER THE GUISE OF MORE CHOICE...
DO NOT FALL FOR THIS ABOMINATION. THIS IS THE WAY THE LEFT HAS STOLEN ELECTIONS...ESPECIALLY IN ALASKA.
When voting, chose the FIRST person you want...and let the rest of the nominees fend for themselves.
According to “FairVote”... That tells me all I need to know. If they call themselves FairVote you can bet they are not all interested in voting being fair.
What the hell is wrong with the way we’ve been doing it for the past 234 years?
Absolutely the last nail in the Nation’s coffin...
Democrats don't always win.
Coming to NV soon. Unions pushing it.
Another dem party scheme to steal elections, over and over agian.
bttt
The Democrats are eventually going to manipulate the elections in 25 blue states they control. So the Republicans will never be competitive again. They're working on converting 5 more red states. Then they'll have total control.
This is how you know ranked voting is an out ant fraud:
......... according to pro-RCV organization FairVote, ranked voting
............”saves money” when replacing preliminaries or runoffs........
It’s an insane idea
Just one of a number of reasons I continue to assert that there are no more political solutions.
It’s not just ranked cheating.
RCV is the excuse to RCV-enabled voting machines in states that still don’t have them.
Here’s a question: If NYC is so reliably lib, why does NYC now have RCV...?
The UniParty solution to MAGA...
despite bipartisan “CONCERNS” its out right voter fraud and once again the GOP goes along
Encourages student voter registration and pre-registration
It's a new requirement for school boards.
Blue state, my backside.
Absolutely stupid. My vote is my vote for the candidate of my choice. It’s not ever to be abrogated to some other candidate due to some stupid statistical rank.
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