Ranked choice voting is an amazing electoral innovation that lets you mark one of the two major party candidates as your “first choice” instead of voting for them outright.
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I was a fan of ranked choice until I tried to explain to a skeptical voter why "some people get to vote multiple times while others just get one vote" and realized that ranked choice adds both cognitive complexity and ballot complexity to an already difficult process
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Replying to @Pinboard
Isn't it easier to explain as "if your first choice would be functionally meaningless, we consider your next choice, ad infinitum"?
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It's not easy to explain without making it sound like some people get more say than others! I thought it was easy until I tried to do it
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This gets passed around every Australian electionpic.twitter.com/9raoGddVvI
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This reminds me of how much I hate koalas
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