waiting for summer william.maggos<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/bryandawsonusa.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bryandawsonusa.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>it sucks but it's true. voting is purely strategic. I just also want the people who are happy with a boring Dem to support switching to <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> and not tell those of us who are further left to ever STFU.</p>
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william.maggos<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@maj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maj</span></a></span> </p><p>my local peeps discussed this last night. I think parliamentary systems are better than the current US system but we'd be better if we just added <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a>. the two concerns being how hard it is to deal with a selfish entrenched governing class vs prevent the grabbing of power by charismatic idiot/assholes. ultimately it's about a better educated and informed public.</p>
william.maggos<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/paleofuture.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paleofuture.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>we shouldn't have parties. <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a></p>
william.maggos<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://noauthority.social/@viking" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>viking</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://noauthority.social/@black6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>black6</span></a></span> </p><p>yet somehow it happens IRL. compromises aren't happening in politics today because most districts are gerrymandered hard to one party or the other. meaning if you win your primary, you're guaranteed to be in office. so playing hard to the base is what matters. compromise or recognizing the other side has some good arguments will be weaponized against you by other people in your party. we need voters who care about getting something over nothing. and <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a></p>
AnneArchy Anne<p>it's time<br>postcards for policies</p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/handLettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handLettering</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProgressivePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProgressivePolicy</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/UniversalBasicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalBasicIncome</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/UniversalBasicServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalBasicServices</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/CancelStudentDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CancelStudentDebt</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/CancelMedicalDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CancelMedicalDebt</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/UniversalHealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalHealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/postcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcard</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcards</span></a></p>
william.maggos<p><a href="https://liberal.city/tags/SpeakerMadigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakerMadigan</span></a> convicted today. Trump pardoned <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Blago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blago</span></a> yesterday. They were both corrupt as fuck. I worked for Pat Quinn, who fought with both, for many years. I also worked on political campaigns in Chicago and the suburbs.</p><p>Illinois needs <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a>.</p>
AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.unboiled.info/users/monk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span> </p><p>Americans do not choose to have only two parties. Our PACs, media, and billionaires choose that for us. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CitizenUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenUnited</span></a> cements the fact that our choices are binary. </p><p>A few places (such as in Alaska) are allowing <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> as a path for other parties, but in the end (even there)... We are still dominated by the two parties.</p><p>Long, expensive campaigns for Congress and the WH mean that big money needs to back candidates. Big money means one of the two major parties MUST back you financially.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThirdParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdParty</span></a> candidates have almost always been spoilers for the Democrats' success and helped Republicans. </p><p>Tell us how to get corruption, big money and billionaires out of our system, and how to convince our corrupt politicians to get rid of the same <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a> that profitd them... THEN maybe we could have more parties.</p><p>Until such time as we can magically make that happen, we will have only two choices.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TwoPartySystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwoPartySystem</span></a></p>
😀🚲<p>Learn about <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/STARvoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STARvoting</span></a> online at 5, or in <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portland</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a>, 🌟 Pizza Party at 6:30</p><p>🌟 STAR lets you support every candidate you like.<br>🌟 Automatic 2-step process much simpler than <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> (aka IRV or STV).<br>🌟 Preference between the two most popular options always counts equally for every voter.<br>🌟 Instead of going haywire when 2+ similar candidates enter a race, STAR ends vote-splitting and can smoothly transition our politics from polarization to consensus.</p><p><a href="https://www.equal.vote/calendar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">equal.vote/calendar</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
😀🚲<p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/STARvoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STARvoting</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> Chapter 6pm, 🌟 Grassroots volunteers for <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ORpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ORpol</span></a> voting reform!</p><p>🌟 STAR lets you support every candidate you like.<br>🌟 Its automatic 2-step process is much simpler than <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> (aka IRV or STV).<br>🌟 Your preference between the two most popular options always counts equally to every voter.<br>🌟 Instead of going haywire when 2+ similar candidates enter a race, STAR ends vote-splitting and can smoothly transition us from polarization to consensus.</p><p><a href="https://www.equal.vote/calendar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">equal.vote/calendar</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
😀🚲<p>Learn about <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/STARvoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STARvoting</span></a> at 7pm (now), with a 30 minute walkthrough followed by Q&A. 🌟</p><p>🌟 STAR lets you support every candidate you like.<br>🌟 Its automatic 2-step process is much simpler than <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> (aka IRV or STV).<br>🌟 Your preference between the two most popular options always counts equally to every voter.<br>🌟 Instead of going haywire when 2+ similar candidates enter a race, STAR ends vote-splitting and can smoothly transition us from polarization to consensus.</p><p><a href="https://www.equal.vote/calendar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">equal.vote/calendar</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
😀🚲<p>Learn about <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/STARvoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STARvoting</span></a> 7pm tomorrow, with a 20 minute walkthrough followed by Q&A. 🌟</p><p>🌟 STAR lets you support every candidate you like.<br>🌟 Its automatic 2-step process is much simpler than <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> (aka IRV or STV).<br>🌟 Your preference between the two most popular options always counts equally to every voter.<br>🌟 Instead of going haywire when 2+ similar candidates enter a race, STAR ends vote-splitting and can smoothly transition us from polarization to consensus.</p><p><a href="https://www.starvoting.org/star_101_presentation_20241212" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">starvoting.org/star_101_presen</span><span class="invisible">tation_20241212</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TonyStark</span></a></span> Yes, voting would help - if people learned how to stop throwing votes in the trash by voting in the primary of a non-competitive party in your state or district. Yes, most people waste half their votes.</p><p>Most states will never allow <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> , but the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PrimaryFromTheCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryFromTheCenter</span></a> voting strategy achieves much the same goals and cannot be stopped by corrupt party machinery.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MATH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MATH</span></a></p>
Alan McConchie<p>This is a fantastic video showing how Proportional Representation via Ranked Choice Voting is actually used for elections in Ireland, demonstrated by 6th graders! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDPlRbkyBKE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=sDPlRbkyBK</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a> 🇮🇪</p><p><a href="https://subdued.social/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/SingleTransferableVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleTransferableVote</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a></p>
😀🚲<p>How does <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/STARvoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STARvoting</span></a> compare to <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> (IRV) and other methods, in terms of voter satisfaction vs strategy? (Including St Louis Approval with Top Two runoff, and likely your city's Plurality with Top Two runoff)</p><p>STAR gives a slight advantage to "Honest Inflation", which is giving your favorite 5 stars because you want them to win this election. STAR simply sums the points for the "primary" round, then it's an automatic runoff between the top two, pairwise</p><p><a href="http://starvoting.org/peer_review" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">starvoting.org/peer_review</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
😀🚲<p>What is behind the thinking of Missouri banning <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a>, and only allowing St Louis a specific carve-out for Approval voting, in the ballot measure that limits election methods to "one vote per voter". Is a vote like a dollar, that you give to one candidate, & can't equally support two candidates? Do we really want to define the constitutionality of our elections in terms of plurality? Ironically, Ranked Choice IRV is like that dollar, only one candidate "gets" your vote at a time</p>
M. Grégoire<p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> survives in Alaska:</p><p>"After 6,074 additional ballots were counted on Wednesday, bringing the total to 340,510 ballots in the November election, Ballot Measure 2 [to repeal ranked choice voting] was on track to narrowly fail in a 49.9% to 50.1% split. The deficit after Wednesday’s count was 664 votes."</p><p><a href="https://www.adn.com/politics/2024/11/20/ranked-choice-voting-retained-in-alaska-after-final-ballot-count/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adn.com/politics/2024/11/20/ra</span><span class="invisible">nked-choice-voting-retained-in-alaska-after-final-ballot-count/</span></a></p><p>There you go, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@paige" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paige</span></a></span> , at least some good news from the 2024 US elections.</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a><br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a></p>
😀🚲<p>Will it be a good thing for Alaska to repeal its silly choose-only-one primary with a top-four RCV? Uh... no, maybe, ugh 😞. Why didn't they start with something good instead of what's being pushed by the well-paid lobbyists and establishment politicians? Is the entire point of <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> (for those who actually understand and support it) to simply block actually good and simple reforms like Approval or STAR with the misconception that "we tried that and it didn't work"? Probably.</p>
Political Bill SC<p>Yesterday in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreenwoodSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenwoodSC</span></a> we held a runoff election for the City of Greenwood Ward 3.</p><p>Runoff elections are a tremendous waste of money and resources, especially for the considerably reduced turnout they bring compared to the main election. Think of the polling locations that need to be opened, the poll workers that need to staff them, the counting and certification again. So much waste!</p><p>I'm a huge supporter of ranked choice voting. If the appetite isn't there for the big elections (national and statewide), perhaps we could implement this for primaries and local elections where there are three or more candidates in the running.</p><p>Do away with runoff elections!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/ranked-choice-voting-faces-cloudy-113052031.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/ranked-choice-v</span><span class="invisible">oting-faces-cloudy-113052031.html</span></a></p>
George Hotelling<p>Rank MI Vote is working on adding <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> to the <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michigan</span></a> 2026 ballot. If you have thoughts on things like open primaries or what positions should be chosen by <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/rcv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcv</span></a> get involved now to get your voice heard</p><p><a href="https://www.threads.net/@rankmivote/post/DCj9DwcJQgC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">threads.net/@rankmivote/post/D</span><span class="invisible">Cj9DwcJQgC</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@markmetz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>markmetz</span></a></span> Until <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> gets a (slim) chance of passing, *everybody* can use <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PrimaryFromTheCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryFromTheCenter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/StrategicVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrategicVoting</span></a> *now* to avoid further <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a>. </p><p>It’s not rocket 🚀 surgery, it’s just <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MATH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MATH</span></a>.</p>
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