“@chesaboudin said while he was campaigning, ‘Crimes such as public camping, offering or soliciting sex, public urination, blocking a sidewalk, etc., should not and will not be prosecuted.’ Despite that — or maybe because of it — he was elected.”https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/559465-the-little-things-are-turning-san-francisco-bad-in-a-big-way …
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Replying to @SusanDReynolds @chesaboudin
I remember sitting in the audience at the debates. when he said it people were shocked. some laughed because it was so odd. my friend, who is very much on the left, whispered in my ear - "he's insane! no one will vote for this fool!"
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Replying to @EricaJSandberg @Underbelly_SF and
Most didn't vote for him. The majority voted for the other moderate choices and Chesa slipped in thanks to rank choice voting with only 68k votes in a city of 850k people.
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Replying to @sf_kerry @EricaJSandberg and
but nobody should have had him even as 3rd choice. he won because those who voted for others as 1st & 2nd choices voted for him as 3rd. There were 4 candidates, no need to vote for >1, can vote for 2 also. Too many looked past his statements & filled in circle next to his name.
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Replying to @RichardManso3 @SusanDReynolds and
I voted for one candidate for all the spots. I think ranked choice is a scam.
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Replying to @BishopFromArk @SusanDReynolds and
But note "If I really want my first-choice candidate to win, should I rank the candidate as my 1st, 2nd, & 3rd choice, & so on? No. Your vote can count only once for your 1st choice. If you rank same candidate 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, it is same as leaving the 2nd & 3rd choices blank."
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Replying to @BishopFromArk @SusanDReynolds and
So what do you recommend if in an election no one gets 50%+ of votes cast?
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Replying to @RichardManso3 @SusanDReynolds and
I think the scam of ranked voting needs to be discarded. The system of getting the most votes works just fine.
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Replying to @BishopFromArk @SusanDReynolds and
So you are okay when there are say 4 candidates, and 1 gets the most but just 26% of the vote, he/she wins? Not even sure that was in play before ranked choice in SF.
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Sure. I don't think people have to get 50% of the vote. Ranked choice is gamed and manipulated in SF where they coordinate and run down ballot people that they use to really support candidates like Chesa who can't win on their own merit. Ranked choice is how you get Chesa.
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Replying to @BishopFromArk @SusanDReynolds and
Boudin, an attorney in the public defender’s office, was leading Loftus in first-place votes, 32.9% to 30.9%. But when the city’s ranked-choice voting was tabulated, Loftus garnered more second- and third-place votes and pulled ahead, 50.13% to 49.87%.
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