(30 Aug) - Ranked choice voting deserves a place in presidential primaries https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/29/opinion/ranked-choice-voting-deserves-place-presidential-primaries/ #RankedChoiceVoting #PresidentialPrimaries #BostonGlobe #VotingReform #Democracy #PoliticalReform #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110978475713095513

@Tweetfiction @flexghost #RankedChoiceVoting is one key to eliminating the polarization of first-past-the-post voting.

(along with eliminating the electoral college and senate, mandatory voting for all citizens Australia-style, outlawing gerrymandering, curtailing corporate campaign financing, dark money and PACs, etc. etc.)

Boston needs ranked choice voting
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/government/boston-needs-ranked-choice-voting/
#BosPoli #RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Boston

@georgetakei @tylerb this! George you would be a fantastic advocate for #RankedChoiceVoting!

@georgetakei And support #RankedChoiceVoting so the vote splitting problem disappears.

@oscarjiminy I don't know. I think #RankedChoiceVoting should be given a shot. Maybe this will get us representatives under less influence of corporate donors.

This would start filling Congress with representatives closer to representing people than corporations.

Then perhaps, these emboldened representatives would pursue term-limit legislation.

This would start removing the McConells and Feinsteins of the world from our Congress.

@endeavorance This is why we need #RankedChoiceVoting. We wouldn't seed separate rounds!

(Someone tell @Gargron.)

@LoganFive

#RankedChoiceVoting

Ladies and Gentleman I give you the terror of first past the post elections and why anyone who wants real change from the government need to start by implementing fair voting systems. #singleTransferableVote #RankedChoiceVoting
QT: https://mstdn.ca/@karlmorant/110815062924160862

Without #RankedChoiceVoting in the United States, the two persons benefiting the most from Green Party and No Labels presidential candidates on the ballot are Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

And if his policies on housing and urbanism weren't enough for me, I find out today that Mike McAuley is the only candidate for mayor with an "A" rating from #FairVote: https://fairvotewa.org/candidate-recognition-2023/ #BellinghamWA @BellinghamWA #RankedChoiceVoting

I am extremely worried that in our next presidential election in the United States we are going to learn a very hard lesson about why we need #RankedChoiceVoting so badly.

There's still time to adopt #RankedChoiceVoting

This is a scorcher of an LTE, and I love it.

#ilpol

https://thesouthern.com/opinion/letters/voice-of-the-reader-theres-still-time/article_4e4c896c-2262-11ee-8690-d7962ecbbecb.html

So frustrating to see articles about third party presidential campaigns and vote splitting without any mention of #RankedChoiceVoting as a solution https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-19/in-poll-47-of-voters-would-consider-third-party-candidate-for-president

@briannawu Say hello to my colleagues at the Fair Vote Illinois booth! #RankedChoiceVoting

@drifthood

When it comes to political choices, America is limited by its electoral system which encourages a two party system rather than multi party. Britain has the same issue

Some States have identified this issue - specifically #Alaska and #Maine who have opted for #RankedChoiceVoting approach which likely helps in eliminating more extremist type candidates. I talk about this approach on my #podcast at

https://www.nuttyinnyc.com/8-ranked-choice-voting

@georgetakei All the more reason we need #RankedChoiceVoting everywhere.

There's many ways to help fix politics in America, and there are people working in all of them. You should join one! #RankedChoiceVoting

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4088655-want-better-governance-then-improve-the-way-we-hire-politicians/

What will Cornel West gain from the Green Party about ‘true democracy’? By Michael Feinstein @mikefeinstein in LA Progressive
https://laprogressive.com/election-reform-campaigns/what-cornel-west-will-gain #ProportionalRepresentation #CornelWest2024 #CornelWest #GreenParty #POTUS #POTUS2024 #RankedChoiceVoting #ElectoralReform #Democracy

#Politics have always been an interest of mine and until recently I have voted both parties. The past few years I have voted almost straight #Democrat as the Republicans have gone more fascist. I'd like to see #RankedChoiceVoting given a shot.

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