alt Hacker NewsThe answer is to vote out politicians. Getting ranked choice voting on your states ballot would go a long way to fixing this. They would not have Mamdani on the ballot for NY mayor if it wasn't for ranked choice voting. Certain politicans know this and have made RCV illegal in their state. Get RCV on the ballot for your state.
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FireBeyond • last Saturday at 3:37 PM
> Certain politicans know this and have made RCV illegal in their state.
That would be Republicans.
While Democrats have pushed across multiple states for changing voting mechanisms, Republicans in eleven states have pre-emptively banned any and all use of RCV at any level within the state.
boroboro4 • last Saturday at 4:59 AM
Not important but Mamdani would’ve won without ranked choice voting too, it didn’t play a role in the end.
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RCV / Ranked Pairs of course. The IRV decision process is still a relic of the two party system, with the possibility for some pretty terrible strategic-voting dynamics as votes diverge from just two major parties.