๐๐ฒRE: https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/116061527892722796
RCV in action ๐ next time try #STARvoting
rollo75https://rollo75.blogspot.com/2025/05/horse-3459-why-preferential-voting-and.html - blogged
Why Preferential Voting And Instant Run-Off Voting Are The Best
๐ทnioSTAR Voting Presentation: a best overall pitch explaining Equal.vote's findings
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wyR_1aSlATkOzcbGhWCD0_mRtRK60PDS3INIazhQl1w/edit?usp=sharing
essay comparing different methods and respectfully weighing pros & cons, elaboration on & more sources of some of the data & visualizations in the presentation.
https://www.equal.vote/better_voting
Voter Satisfaction Efficiency: even deeper dive into the theory
https://voting-in-the-abstract.medium.com/voter-satisfaction-efficiency-many-many-results-ad66ffa87c9e
Squeeze Effect: How the spoiler effect persists in RCV and others.
https://voting-in-the-abstract.medium.com/the-center-squeeze-a-deep-dive-under-several-voting-methods-911495ba2ed9
- https://www.equal.vote
- https://www.starvoting.org
- https://bettervoting.com
- https://bsky.app/profile/starvoting.bsky.social
- https://bsky.app/profile/equalvote.bsky.social
STAR Voting Full Presentation Deck 2023
SCRIPT Hi Iโm [Name]. I am [your connection with the Equal Vote Coalition]. The Equal Vote Coalition is a national non-partisan nonprofit working on voting reform and focused on fighting for true equality in the vote itself. The idea is that your vote should be just as powerful as mine, no matter...
rae ๐ทSTAR Voting Presentation: a best overall pitch explaining Equal.vote's findings
equal.vote/better_voting: essay comparing different methods and respectfully weighing pros & cons, elaboration on & more sources of some of the data & visualizations in the presentation.
Voter Satisfaction Efficiency: even deeper dive into the theory.
Squeeze Effect: How the spoiler effect persists in RCV and others.
STAR Voting Full Presentation Deck 2023
SCRIPT Hi Iโm [Name]. I am [your connection with the Equal Vote Coalition]. The Equal Vote Coalition is a national non-partisan nonprofit working on voting reform and focused on fighting for true equality in the vote itself. The idea is that your vote should be just as powerful as mine, no matter...
Public apprehension of "spoiler effect" is an obstacle for socialists & anyone else who takes issue with the undemocratic 2 party system in the United States. Nobody better understands the spoiler effect, also voting science in general, than the stats nerds who designed STAR. to learn more, follow STAR Voting on social media and/or join us at STAR Voting Ohio's monthly meeting every 3rd Saturday (next is in 3 days: Saturday, noon, library on 96 Grant Ave)
Update Our DemocracyContact your Representatives and urge them to support H.Res.20 Establishing the Select Committee on Electoral Reform!
This would create a congressional committee to consider key electoral reforms like ranked choice voting, STAR voting, and open primaries. Now, more than ever, we need systems that encourage the rejection of extreme views and the politicians supporting them.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/20/text
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
At 6:30 online (9:30pm Eastern), #openSource #STARvoting software dev meeting re https://bettervoting.com/ (calendar link upthread)
Learn about #STARvoting online at 5, or in #Portland #Oregon, ๐ Pizza Party at 6:30
๐ STAR lets you support every candidate you like.
๐ Automatic 2-step process much simpler than #RankedChoiceVoting (aka IRV or STV).
๐ Preference between the two most popular options always counts equally for every voter.
๐ Instead of going haywire when 2+ similar candidates enter a race, STAR ends vote-splitting and can smoothly transition our politics from polarization to consensus.
#STARvoting #Oregon Chapter 6pm, ๐ Grassroots volunteers for #ORpol voting reform!
๐ STAR lets you support every candidate you like.
๐ Its automatic 2-step process is much simpler than #RankedChoiceVoting (aka IRV or STV).
๐ Your preference between the two most popular options always counts equally to every voter.
๐ Instead of going haywire when 2+ similar candidates enter a race, STAR ends vote-splitting and can smoothly transition us from polarization to consensus.