@whitemice @danwentzel despite the "fiercely independent" mythos, most Americans are either too afraid or simply not equipped to think for themselves. For example, many believe that a choose-only-one/two-party system is democracy. Some have been duped by #RankChoice voting, 30% don't vote don't think it matters. starvoting.org is a big lift bcs simple math but parkingreform.org is low-hanging fruit, even the most tuned-out Americans can tell that #parking requirements in zoning code is 💸💸💸

@georgetakei When will Democrats tire of being the "lesser evil" and get on the ball with real voting reform https://starvoting.org that would let people vote for third parties EVEN TO THE POINT OF ELECTING THEM, unlike the distraction #RankChoice which only works to shed a spoiler who couldn't win, is excessively complicated, yet the darling of the Establishment (who could just put it forward anytime but doesn't act *until* they need to block #STARvoting or #ApprovalVoting grassroots groups.)

@dkmcf @oblomov the Instant-Runoff counting method, that's been branded as #RankChoice, has problems beyond just not letting you rank all of the candidates or not allowing them to be ranked equally. It eliminates a universally-second-choice candidate in the first round, and basically just repeats our problematic plurality-first vote-counting method, that is causing the problems IRV advocates claim it would solve, by doing multiple rounds. Score+runoff https://starvoting.org actually delivers

2:30 at city hall, learn about the governments of #Portland on #pdxBikes, what to expect from our new districts and #RankChoice elections, and sign the #STARvoting Oregon petition + join the campaign for better state and federal elections. #pedalpalooza #ORpol

https://www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-17631

@capntransit and definitely get your ducks in a row to agree on a winner before the #RankChoice election or get it replaced with something actually good like #STARvoting instead of just wishing it was safe to vote for your favorite first.

#STARVoting is canvassing at The Montavilla Street Fair. Sunday July 30. Volunteers and signatures needed to get https://www.starvoting.org/star4or2024 on the Oregon 2024 ballot. This is the #VotingReform we need to break out of two-party games like "throwing your vote away" with simplistic outdated vote-counting methods, better than #RankChoice because in STAR, your vote always counts and the 2-step results (add & count your favorite of top-2) are simple to distribute, track, & audit. #ORpol #Portland #pdx

"my favorite didn't win, and my next choice was never counted ... every single person whose favorite came in second place, is not going to have their next choice counted"
when was your 🤯 moment when you realized #RankChoice doesn't deliver that promise? Luckily #STARvoting does, so grab a clipboard and let's do this!

https://youtu.be/O-dzK3YIAf8?t=4024

simpler than following your vote in a #RankChoice election

https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/110613499737116559

#ORleg been talking about #RankChoice for two decades (IRV is "proven for 100 years" unable to get us out of the 2-party rut) but now that #STARvoting is gathering signatures on the ground, the forces of status-quo preservation suddenly see some need for urgency 🙄 yay for all the people with their hearts in the right place and not being able to work through the math for two seconds about how votes actually get counted

Every #Election is important, including primaries. It took some time to review the candidates for #ArlingtonVa but again, it’s important. Also, just #voted in my first #RankChoice ballot which was awesome.

#Vote #ArlingtonPrimaries #ArlingtonElections

2/3rds of voters: "we didn't vote because it won't make a difference"

Adopt https://starvoting.us and it will. Plurality and even #RankChoice IRV only counts one choice and doesn't give any weight to your 2nd or 3rd choices until later rounds when they may have already been eliminated. If we had an election before the election to decide who is electable, that would be like the 1st round of STAR voting. The 2nd round is an automatic runoff & your vote always counts.

https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire/110418557448309851

“This council is going to vote on this and probably we’re all going to vote yes,” Mapps said. “But I do think at some point … it’s important that we all actually understand what the heck we’re doing here.”
This is how #Portland does #RankChoice because they didn't listen to the people who showed them that STAR voting was the thing that actually accomplishes what you want and the math is simple addition. 🙄
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/city-council-confused-after-reading-of-first-ranked-choice-voting-ordinance/

Today I'm with FairVoteVA, UpVoteVA, and BigMoneyOutVA, and RepresententUs, at VA Democracy Day 2023. I'm here to support #rankchoice voting.

I bet #Congress could use this right about now. New #Podcast up for the week. #Vote #Voting #Elections #gerrymandering #Cat #Democracy #rankchoice #Alternative #Representation
Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: Ep 14: Ranked Choice Voting : Making sense of a system that doesn't support you https://anchor.fm/onemanonecat/episodes/Ep-14-Ranked-Choice-Voting--Making-sense-of-a-system-that-doesnt-support-you-e1t1v0p

@cra1g I'm really hoping for #rankChoice voting so we don't have to be split/divided into just two groups.

Uniter
Bye, Palin!

I’m thrilled to see a Democrat and a Republican cross-endorsing each other against Tr🐘mpist candidates

…but flipping over Rep. Peltola beating Sarah Palin twice in 4 months.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/11/23/alaska-election-results/

#Alaska #RankChoice #Peltola #RepPeltola #Murkowski #SenMurkowski #resistance #VoteBlue

Weekly Update 9-4-22: Reps in Alaska LOST After Receiving 60% of the Vote! + Trump Responds to Alex Jones Covid Vax Challenge

https://www.survivethenews.com/weekly-update-9-4-22-reps-in-alaska-lost-after-receiving-60-of-the-vote-trump-responds-to-alex-jones-covid-vax-challenge/

#alexjones #trump #biden #covid #vaccinations #vaccine #alaska #election #voting #andweknow #x22report #podcasts #videos #memes #meme #rankchoice #rankedvoting #cheating #cheaters