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    zeppoM to Ranked Choice VotingEnglish · 11 months ago

    "So why should they change a system that works just fine for the politicians? Because it no longer works for the people, and it is the will of the people that matters."

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    "So why should they change a system that works just fine for the politicians? Because it no longer works for the people, and it is the will of the people that matters."

    www.state-journal.com

    zeppoM to Ranked Choice VotingEnglish · 11 months ago
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    Guest columnist: Returning power to the people
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    It was disappointing to hear about the recent banning of ranked-choice voting (RCV) methods in five Republican-led states with Missouri apparently soon to follow, bringing the number of states now
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    Ranked Choice Voting

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    Welcome to the Ranked Choice Voting Community!

    Voting is broken! Let’s fix it.

    Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, they are declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes for that candidate are redistributed to the remaining candidates, based on the next preference on each ballot. This process continues until one candidate has a majority. Learn more about how it works.

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