jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMaine Took the US One Giant Step Toward More Democratic Electionswww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNot a great solution. We need ranked voting. Not perfect, but significantly better than the 2 party shitshow we’re currently saddled with.
minus-squaremonsterpiece42@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWeirdly Maine is/maybe was the only state that did ranked choice voting. But it also kinda sounds like this new system supercedes it. https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rankedchoicefaq.html
minus-squareiknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMaine already has ranked choice voting for statewide elections. They can’t fix the national system. If the hack to at least give the person with the most votes the Presidency wins, then maybe we can work for ranked choice for Presidential elections.
Not a great solution. We need ranked voting. Not perfect, but significantly better than the 2 party shitshow we’re currently saddled with.
Weirdly Maine is/maybe was the only state that did ranked choice voting. But it also kinda sounds like this new system supercedes it.
https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rankedchoicefaq.html
Maine already has ranked choice voting for statewide elections. They can’t fix the national system.
If the hack to at least give the person with the most votes the Presidency wins, then maybe we can work for ranked choice for Presidential elections.