Ranked choice voting grows in popularity - and so have efforts to ban it https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091523_democracy_ranked_choice/ranked-choice-voting-grows-popularity-and-so-have-efforts-ban-it/
Ranked choice voting has the potential to make voting more representative of the majority, ease intense conflicts between political parties and make gerrymandering nearly impossible - but despite the upsides and successes, bans continue throughout the country.
#Tucson #Arizona
@TucsonSentinel Two major players cancel each out and the nutty perennial gadfly becomes your county assessor-treasurer. Four years of disruptive chaos ensues. It's enough to turn a county away from the political science experiment.
@markvonwahlde @TucsonSentinel That could happen *only* if the the nutty gladly were in 1st or 2nd place to begin with *&* the majority of the 3rd place, major candidate’s voters preferred the nutty gadfly to the other, major candidate. RCV works like a runoff: you need 50%+ of the votes & the 3rd place candidate is knocked out 1st. We’ve had it in my city for years. The politicians have become more responsive & no candidate without major backing has won.
@TucsonSentinel #RCV #rankedchoicevoting works well in #maine