Ranked choice voting: anyone lived with it for a few cycles?
dusky-reed-0
Our state is debating it. I'd love to hear from people where it's been in place a while, good and bad.
wry-pine-21
It takes a cycle or two before voters trust it. The first count was slow and people panicked.
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wry-alder-67
Local races are where one vote really counts. Our last council seat was decided by forty votes.
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mossy-alder-382 more
Independent commissions draw the maps in our state and it's been far less contentious.
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pale-sedge-9
Do you have a source for that? Not doubting, I just want to read more.
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wry-pine-21
I'd be careful with that advice, it worked for me but I know people it didn't work for.
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bright-lichen-527 more
Honestly ranked choice made our local campaigns less negative, everyone wants second-choice votes.
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gentle-hazel-485 more
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.
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copper-alder-131 more
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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slow-willow-86
copper-alder-13 wrote:
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
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mossy-otter-912 more
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
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amber-sedge-23
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.
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mossy-otter-26
mossy-otter-91 wrote:
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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dusky-lichen-79
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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sunlit-willow-22
The clerk's office runs the whole thing on a shoestring. Volunteer as a poll worker once, it's eye-opening.
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dusky-fern-701 more
Read the ballot measures before election day, they're often more important than the candidates.
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wild-otter-95
dusky-fern-70 wrote:
Read the ballot measures before election day, they're often more important than the candidates.
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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late-thistle-96 more
I changed my mind on zoning. More housing near transit seems obviously right to me now.
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dusky-fern-701 more
Do you have a source for that? Not doubting, I just want to read more.
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bright-finch-35
Saving this for later.
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copper-pine-38
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
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misty-birch-592 more
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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pale-fern-15
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
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silver-sparrow-55
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
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late-willow-501 more
Ranked choice made campaigns less nasty here, candidates want to be your second choice too.
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slow-sedge-60
late-willow-50 wrote:
Ranked choice made campaigns less nasty here, candidates want to be your second choice too.
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.