▲ 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
[–] Skeith@discuss.online 28 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Surely they were misquo- Nope that's what they said. Yikes. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago "This totally just seems like something the article itself added --" "Oh. Nope. They... They actually. God damnit." permalink fedilink source parent [–] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) "The lawsuit notes that in elections for at-large seats on the DC city council — where voters can currently choose two candidates — voters in Wards 7 and 8 are less likely to cast a second vote, a phenomenon known as "undervoting." "Many of those voters report their confusion about selecting more than one candidate for what appears to be the same office," said Wilson in the lawsuit, arguing that implementing ranked-choice voting "would introduce an additional layer of confusion to the electorate." "I have a similar concern for seniors and persons with disabilities," Wilson added." I find it interesting that most of these commenters seem to have not read the article. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 2 points 3 years ago People aren't stupid we know how to fucking rank things. Undervoting occurs when they don't like any of the candidates, having ranked choice means independents and non dem/rep parties can actually have a chance and so people will be more willing to vote. You act like this isn't a wildly successful model for democratic voting used throughout the rest of the world. Fuck off... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago "This totally just seems like something the article itself added --" "Oh. Nope. They... They actually. God damnit." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) "The lawsuit notes that in elections for at-large seats on the DC city council — where voters can currently choose two candidates — voters in Wards 7 and 8 are less likely to cast a second vote, a phenomenon known as "undervoting." "Many of those voters report their confusion about selecting more than one candidate for what appears to be the same office," said Wilson in the lawsuit, arguing that implementing ranked-choice voting "would introduce an additional layer of confusion to the electorate." "I have a similar concern for seniors and persons with disabilities," Wilson added." I find it interesting that most of these commenters seem to have not read the article. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 2 points 3 years ago People aren't stupid we know how to fucking rank things. Undervoting occurs when they don't like any of the candidates, having ranked choice means independents and non dem/rep parties can actually have a chance and so people will be more willing to vote. You act like this isn't a wildly successful model for democratic voting used throughout the rest of the world. Fuck off... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 2 points 3 years ago People aren't stupid we know how to fucking rank things. Undervoting occurs when they don't like any of the candidates, having ranked choice means independents and non dem/rep parties can actually have a chance and so people will be more willing to vote. You act like this isn't a wildly successful model for democratic voting used throughout the rest of the world. Fuck off... permalink fedilink source parent