▲ 800 ▼ DC Democrats argue ranked choice voting is confusing to voters in predominantly Black areas as they seek to block potential vote on implementing the system (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 3 years ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 293 comments fedilink hide all child comments Businessinsider.com
[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Maybe the second candidate was s*** and nobody wanted to vote for them? Or maybe voters really only wanted the one person. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Or, and I think this is more likely, people are used to the idea of marking more than one name invalidating the ballot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You think that's more likely huh? But somehow only in those two heavily minority districts? What are you basing that on? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago I don't think it's just in those minority districts. The article states that it's WORSE in those districts, that doesn't mean it's not a problem elsewhere. Maybe they need to put "Vote for Two" in bold or a bigger font or something. Like I said at the top, it's hard to tell without seeing the ballot design. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Or, and I think this is more likely, people are used to the idea of marking more than one name invalidating the ballot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You think that's more likely huh? But somehow only in those two heavily minority districts? What are you basing that on? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago I don't think it's just in those minority districts. The article states that it's WORSE in those districts, that doesn't mean it's not a problem elsewhere. Maybe they need to put "Vote for Two" in bold or a bigger font or something. Like I said at the top, it's hard to tell without seeing the ballot design. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You think that's more likely huh? But somehow only in those two heavily minority districts? What are you basing that on? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago I don't think it's just in those minority districts. The article states that it's WORSE in those districts, that doesn't mean it's not a problem elsewhere. Maybe they need to put "Vote for Two" in bold or a bigger font or something. Like I said at the top, it's hard to tell without seeing the ballot design. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago I don't think it's just in those minority districts. The article states that it's WORSE in those districts, that doesn't mean it's not a problem elsewhere. Maybe they need to put "Vote for Two" in bold or a bigger font or something. Like I said at the top, it's hard to tell without seeing the ballot design. permalink fedilink source parent