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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Person one: I'll have a vanilla ice cream - We're out of vanilla. - Ok I'll take pistachio. Person two: I'll have a pistachio - Here you go. How many icecreams did each person get?
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Yes, my point is, choosing twice is common and easily understood, and everyone walks away with the same value. Remind me never to visit your icecream shop.
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My point is that it's not easily understood, and easily made to sound like some people are getting multiple choices while others get one. That doesn't doom the idea, but it does make it more challenging to persuade voters it's on the level
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