mccJul 11, 2024

What is your favorite alternative voting system?

[Notes: • If you vote in one poll in this thread please vote in all of them • For a real world example of what I mean by "Multiround runoff" consider the French system]

Condorcet
15.8%
Instant Runoff
48.6%
Approval
23.3%
Multiround runoff
12.3%
Poll ended at .
Show threadAndy WoottonJul 11, 2024
@mcc We seem to call them different things in the UK, and to have more options https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems/types-of-voting-system/ I'd like people to be able to say who they strongly don't want. I'd hope that would help keep dangerous extremists away from power.
Types of Voting System

Show threadShadSterling

@woo @mcc I’ve always wanted “none of the above” to be on every ballot, and if that one wins the whole election must be redone and the candidates that lost are not allowed to run again (until the next election cycle)

Might cause some problems if it wins too many rounds tho

Jul 11, 2024 at 11:00pmIceCubesApp
Show threadAndy WoottonJul 12, 2024
@ShadSterling @mcc I agree that 'None of the above' is essential or you can't tell the difference between 'you are all rubbish' and 'I can't be bothered'. You don't ever want disgust being mistaken for (or spun as) apathy. I wouldn't ever ban anyone from standing or from voting. That's a very slippery slope.