@sboots I'm opposed to many types of #ElectoralReform, but I do think that #RankedVoting could improve things a bit on the margin. I hope the Yukon tries this out.
Are Yukoners generally dissatisfied with the current electoral system, or is this essentially a top-down project? Has there been any polling on the question? I see that the plebiscite is non-binding: have the parties expressed any intention of what they will do if more Yukoners support this reform than oppose it?
Doug Porter's #SanDiego Resistance Calendar for the upcoming 10 days
I'm going to be unable to attend a public protest for a while, but I'll keep reposting these links as long as I can. There's an art build on 8/9 listed and some opportunities to gather signatures for choice voting in San Diego, if the street corner protests aren't your style
https://dougporter.substack.com/p/the-authoritarian-state-is-at-hand
@normand @dominic @jerome "La CAQ fait de nouveau la preuve qu'elle ne gouverne que dans les intérêts de son électorat"
Fun fact:
1.7M ont voté pour la CAQ
2.8M n'ont pas voté.
1 québécois adulte sur quatre a voté pour la CAQ (2022)
#Democracy #DemocraticCrisis #electoralSystemReform #rankedVoting #QuebecPol #QcPol
Tomorrow #Iceland will elect a new president. There are quite a few candidates. From what I've seen many voters will vote strategically against one candidate instead of their own favorite candidate. This is not ideal.
The solution is simple. #RankedVoting. If I really liked someone who was polling at 1% I wouldn't have to think strategically at all. Just put them at nr. 1 and then my second favorite and so on. Then the vote travels down my list.
#question of the day: why does the #UnitedStates not have #RankedVoting?
We (citizens of the #US) talk sometimes about getting away from the two-party system - wouldn't that be a natural consequence of ranked voting?
Richard Hull
Lee O'Mara
M. Grégoire
InarticulateQuilter
Dr Grace Peng
Prof Lutz
Óli Gneisti (English)
Dave Mackey