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TEN municipalities in Utah just repealed #RankedChoiceVoting (RCV).
Utah is currently running a pilot program that allows cities to opt-in to using RCV. In 2021, 23 wanted to use RCV, and 21 did so. For the Nov 2023 elections, only 11 of those will use RCV.
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Utah is currently running a pilot program that allows cities to opt-in to using RCV. In 2021, 23 wanted to use RCV, and 21 did so. For the Nov 2023 elections, only 11 of those will use RCV.
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10 cities decided not to use RCV again:
Bluffdale
Cottonwood Heights
Draper
Elk Ridge
Moab
Newton
Nibley
River Heights
Sandy
Springville
Goshen and Riverton didn't have enough candidates to need RCV before and are now quitting the pilot. Kearns is the only new RCV city.
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Bluffdale
Cottonwood Heights
Draper
Elk Ridge
Moab
Newton
Nibley
River Heights
Sandy
Springville
Goshen and Riverton didn't have enough candidates to need RCV before and are now quitting the pilot. Kearns is the only new RCV city.
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These repeals are indicative of a trending backlash against Ranked Choice Voting, from voters to election officials. RCV is often sold as a simple, cheap upgrade to our current Choose One Voting that solves many of its ills. However...
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Choose-One voting has one thing going for it - It's transparent, so results are easy to tally and audit. This forms the foundation for a government of and by the people.
As we fight to upgrade our voting method we remain committed to voting methods that uphold that standard.
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As we fight to upgrade our voting method we remain committed to voting methods that uphold that standard.
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#StarVoting, #RankedRobin, and #ApprovalVoting can all be tallied with addition. Stacks of ballots can be tallied at the local level as they come in, and our current protocols for chain-of-custody, partial hand counts, or risk-limiting-audits can all continue as before.
In contrast, #RankedChoiceVoting, which we do not support, requires centralized tabulation and is fundamentally incompatible with many of our election security protocols due to the fact that many of the rankings voters put down are never counted.
This Twitter thread explains how the #evolution of even the primitive election #FPTF system still used in too many elections can be guided to produce a much more democratic election system, through the accumulation of simple changes.
➡ #Approval ➡ #Score ➡ #STAR ➡ #BRAMYIR
➡ #Approval ➡ #Score ➡ #STAR ➡ #BRAMYIR
#BRAMYIR offers the benefits of #ApprovalVoting, #ScoreVoting, & #RankedChoiceVoting, plus the benefit of a balanced ballot, while encouraging honest voting & discouraging attempts to game the system with dishonest strategic voting such as votes for the mere lesser of two evils.
It's easy to improve on the common single faceted first past the post voting system, and it's easy to make positive changes add up to positive evolution. #RankedChoiceVoting is an improvement, we can do better then that with the simple removal of a single voting restriction.
Opinion columnist @henryolsenEPPC writes in support of #RankedChoiceVoting scheme designed to weed out conservative candidates & protect incumbents.
It's been a recipe for disaster, leading to confusion among voters & further undermining their confidence in election outcomes. 1/
It's been a recipe for disaster, leading to confusion among voters & further undermining their confidence in election outcomes. 1/
Olsen concedes that @lisamurkowski has only survived her recent challenge because Dems have successfully rallied their votes to help her preserve her power in Alaska's ranked choice open primary system.
"If Alaska were a normal state, Murkowski would have been clobbered" 2/
"If Alaska were a normal state, Murkowski would have been clobbered" 2/
Under RCV, incumbents like Murkowski are protected from dissatisfied GOP voters because they can earn the votes of Dems who'd rather she retain her power than have it swing to a more conservative challenger.
It can also work in the other direction, benefitting incumbent Dems. 3/
It can also work in the other direction, benefitting incumbent Dems. 3/
The @NCSBE voted this morning to certify the petition to add the @NorthCarolinaGP (Green Party) to the Nov. midterm ballot, but it will still take a court order to add @MatthewPHoh and @MichaelDTrudeau. While this is a small win for #ncpol it doesn't change several facts 🧵1/17
It doesn't change the fact that as a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit seeking ballot access for the Green Party, I must still go to a federal courthouse in downtown Raleigh, next Monday Aug 8th in order to defend my rights as a disenfranchised voter 2/17 apnews.com/article/2022-m…
It doesn’t change the fact the @DNC attempted to disenfranchise NC voters like me by hiring operatives to call, text and visit voters in our homes in an attempt to compel them to remove their signature from the petition to add the Green Party to the ballot in NC 3/17
#BREAKING We are seeing exciting things for #RankedChoiceVoting, the labor movement, & ballot initiatives!! Thread of #DownBallotProgressives & causes #NotMeUs🔹 + some w/
🌻 @GreenPartyUS #MedicareForAll #UnionStrong #1u
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.@CallForCongress🔹is running for #WA02 8/2/22 against @RepRickLarsen🔹! He ran a great campaign ‘20 so let’s pick up this seat this time! #NotMeUs #MedicareForAll
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We, @TheRagtagBand stand behind @WholeWashington in efforts for #MedicareForAll in Washington & #ThroughTheStates! @RedBeretsM4All is fundraising for this initiative! #YesOn1471
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#BREAKING We are seeing exciting things for #RankedChoiceVoting, the labor movement, & ballot initiatives!! Thread of #DownBallotProgressives & causes #NotMeUs🔹 + some w/
🌻 @GreenPartyUS #MedicareForAll #UnionStrong #1u
Follow @TheRagtagBand
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🌻 @GreenPartyUS #MedicareForAll #UnionStrong #1u
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.@CallForCongress🔹is running for #WA02 8/2/22 against @RepRickLarsen🔹! He ran a great campaign ‘20 so let’s pick up this seat this time! #NotMeUs #MedicareForAll
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We, @TheRagtagBand stand behind @WholeWashington in efforts for #MedicareForAll in Washington and #ThroughTheStates! @RedBeretsM4All is fundraising for the ballot initiative!
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Right now I’m in a battle for the future of independent politics and I need your help.
Go to jillstein.net to learn about our fight to ensure independents and alternative parties can get on the ballot, challenge the ruling elites and build real democracy!
Go to jillstein.net to learn about our fight to ensure independents and alternative parties can get on the ballot, challenge the ruling elites and build real democracy!
We're fighting an FEC decision that limits independents’ and alternative parties’ use of public matching funds to get on the ballot. The FEC is demanding our 2016 campaign repay $175K in public matching funds we used to complete ballot drives - over 5 years ago!
The FEC is now refusing, after the fact, to recognize our use of matching funds for ballot drives during the 2016 primary. With our 2016 campaign account all but closed, the FEC is attempting to hold me, as the candidate, liable for repaying $175K from my own retirement funds.
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FBI investigates 'smallpox' vials found in Pennsylvania lab
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#smallpox #laboratories #InvestigationResults
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#smallpox #laboratories #InvestigationResults
A Cold Start To Thanksgiving Week Will Spawn Climate Change Illiteracy
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#WeatherConditions #forecasts #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #ClimateLiteracy #SocialMedia
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#WeatherConditions #forecasts #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #ClimateLiteracy #SocialMedia
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Yacht Full of Climate Scientists Plots Giant Sea Gate to Save Manhattan
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#ClimateChange #mitigation #manhattan #SeaGate
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#ClimateChange #mitigation #manhattan #SeaGate
MITRE shares list of most dangerous hardware weaknesses
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#MITRE #hardware #SecurityIssues #CommonWeaknessEnumeration
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#MITRE #hardware #SecurityIssues #CommonWeaknessEnumeration
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Why simplicity works
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#simplicity #universe #multiverse #CosmicMicrowaveBackground #astrophysics
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#simplicity #universe #multiverse #CosmicMicrowaveBackground #astrophysics
#Georgia #gapol needs #IRV #RankedChoiceVoting #instantrunoffvoting. District 165 in Chatham County #Savannah has an upcoming special election because its representative passed away. #gapol sos.ga.gov/index.php/elec…
Several candidates have qualified to be on the ballot for the election November 2, 2021. Voters will be forced to vote for 1, trying to guess on the outcome to make sure that they don't cast their votes for a candidate who won't win. #gapol
They will wonder if their votes for their preferred candidate will make it more likely that the candidate they dislike the most will win. The candidates will run their campaigns to disparage the other candidates, not seeking to be the 2nd & 3rd choices of voters. #gapol
We stand in #Solidarity with our Workers in the #Unions & this is the only way to have a say in our Working Environment by #WorkingTogether & doing a #Strike!
People like us, who've been arguing against the broken Gears & For-profit exploitation of #Capitalism, comes in to help.
People like us, who've been arguing against the broken Gears & For-profit exploitation of #Capitalism, comes in to help.
We're in a #SocietalCollapse as the Full Stop & Endgame of #Capitalism's Growth has begun! We need Calls & Movements for a "Great Transition" from this broken #Dystopia where we have a #ClimateCrisis, #HousingCrisis, #Pandemic, #EvictionCrisis, #HealthcareCrisis,...
#BiodiversityCrisis, etc.
As the system focuses on #Economic Growth, #Corporate Interest & Businesses First while exploiting the #Labor who are treated like hell & not paid a #LivingWage nor anything while everything to basically live is practically an Expense under #Capitalism.
As the system focuses on #Economic Growth, #Corporate Interest & Businesses First while exploiting the #Labor who are treated like hell & not paid a #LivingWage nor anything while everything to basically live is practically an Expense under #Capitalism.
#Update We are seeing exciting things for #RankedChoiceVoting!! It would bring #democracy to #elections! My thread of #DownBallotProgressives & causes #NotMeUs🔹 + some w/ #YangGang🔹 +
🌻 @GreenPartyUS #MedicareForAll
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.@Ally4Congress🔹is running for Congress in #VA11 against corp Dem @GerryConnolly🔹June 21 ‘22*! She’s endorsed by @Leftists4Office @CallForCongress @AC4Congress2020 @LiamOMaraIV and more! #NotMeUs #YangGang
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.@AazamiShervin🔹 is running for #CA30 against corporate Dem @BradSherman🔹 June 7, 2022*! He’s 💯grassroots funded! #NotMeUs #MedicareForAll
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Student loans, the racial wealth divide, and why we need full student debt cancellation
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#StudentLoans #DebtCancellation #RacialInequality #WealthDivide
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#StudentLoans #DebtCancellation #RacialInequality #WealthDivide
The Delta Variant Is a Grave Danger to the Unvaccinated
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#delta #variant #COVID19 #VaccinationRate #consequences #risk
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#delta #variant #COVID19 #VaccinationRate #consequences #risk
New #NYC poll results from @FairVote and @CitizenData show Adams with a strong lead, and Wiley & Garcia neck-and-neck for the other spot in the final-round of the #RankedChoiceVoting tally (1/9)
Check out this interactive feature where you can run the RCV tally yourself and experiment with different elimination orders to see how the votes transfer when different candidates get eliminated. (2/9) fairvote.org/nyc_poll_mayor…
Voter education is working! 77% of respondents are familiar with RCV and 75% find it easy! It could even increase turnout. 37% say RCV makes them more likely to vote, compared to only 10% saying less likely to vote. Biggest increase among Hispanic respondents. (3/9)
Today let’s talk about the #FairRepAct, which was just reintroduced in Congress by @RepDonBeyer
Whether you’re completely new to this reform, or a long time fan, there are lots of benefits to discuss so let’s get started.
bit.ly/2YDIC7n
Whether you’re completely new to this reform, or a long time fan, there are lots of benefits to discuss so let’s get started.
bit.ly/2YDIC7n
Here are the basics. Our democracy is struggling. Our elections feel fragile. We are more polarized than ever. Faith in democracy as an institution is failing. bit.ly/3p9hc5I
And that’s because of #winnertakeall elections
Today @PolReformNA’s Electoral Reform Research Group initiative launched 4 new research briefs from its series on the effects of #RankedChoiceVoting and related reforms. 1/5
Study from @trounstine @sgadarian and @MCrowderMeyer finds that candidates of color are similarly penalized in nonpartisan plurality and RCV elections--but adding partisan labels significantly reduces these penalties.2/5
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Tuft’s MGGG redistricting lab @gerrymandr finds that multi-winner RCV offers stable and reliable proportional representation for people of color, whereas outcomes vary widely under single-member district plurality systems.3/5
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Dear #Corporations -
While we appreciate your well intentioned gesture to cut off the flow of money to #Seditionists who tried to thwart the will of the People by refusing to certify valid vote counts, it's not enough. 1/13
While we appreciate your well intentioned gesture to cut off the flow of money to #Seditionists who tried to thwart the will of the People by refusing to certify valid vote counts, it's not enough. 1/13
Because nothing stops you from funding their challengers in the next cycle. And that does nothing to stop the corruption of our body politic.
What we need is for you to #CloseYourCheckbook and get out of the politics business. 2/13
What we need is for you to #CloseYourCheckbook and get out of the politics business. 2/13
You cannot claim to value #democracy while you devalue its purpose to represent the people. And I hate to be the one to tell you this but in spite of what @MittRomney said, corporations are not people. I'll believe they are when Texas executes one. 3/13
If you feel like our politics are more polarized than ever before, or if it seems impossible to engage in cross-partisan dialogue, there’s a reason for it.
A thread...
A thread...
Check out the report we released today on #MonopolyPolitics: The Root of Dysfunction in the U.S House of Representatives bit.ly/2KDSYlp
Back in 2018, FairVote guessed the outcome of 82% of races in 2020 two full years ahead of election day and we were accurate within a percentage point. Why? Because only 18% of House races are actually competitive.
We need to talk about just how corrupt we've allowed #democracy in #America to become, to the point it isn't democracy in many respects. And we need to stop #partisan squabbling and get to fixing it before we end up a one-party state, like #China. Thread👇
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In 2019, writing the decision for Common Cause v. Rucho, Chief Justice Roberts closed off the federal courts as an avenue for addressing partisan #gerrymandering, instead telling citizens to propose state constitutional amendments.
In many states, with statehouses #gerrymandered beyond reach of the people, or otherwise beholden to special interests, these citizen-amendments are the only avenue left for addressing #democracy reform and other policy concerns.
Thread of progressive candidates (Updated 9/30) including #NotMeUs and some combo #NotMeUs + #YangGang! These are candidates in competitive races (🔺@GOP ; 🔹Dem; 🌻Green ▫️other Independent) & I’ll be adding to (sometimes editing) thread #Election2020
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@Bradshaw2020🔹is an amazing candidate who won a shocking victory @USSenate primary #TN! Gen Against @BillHagertyTN🔺! Endorsed by @BernieSanders! #NotMeUs #Election2020
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@paulajean2020🔹is running for @USSenate in #wvpol against @SenCapito🔺! She is endorsed by @BernieSanders @AndrewYang! #YangGang #NotMeUs #RiseAppalachia #Election2020
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The #TwoPartyDuopoly has worked together for decades to erect a mighty #FortressOfProtection. The #2020Election may be an unprecedented opportunity to break right through it.
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This is our original depiction of the duopoly's fortress. The first slide shows the structural barriers (exclusionary debates being one of those). The second slide shows how these concrete barriers are reinforced by various barriers of perception. 2/
It's hard to argue which type of barrier is stronger, & the reality is they are mutually reinforcing. When the media goes along with a phony narrative that the CPD is a legitimate institution working in the public interest, that has a powerful impact on perceptions. 3/
.@TheDemocrats removal of @GreenPartyUS presidential/vice-presidential candidates Howie Hawkins & Angela Walker from #Wisconsin & #Pennsylvania is based on incorrect assumption that Green Party voters will automatically check warmongers @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris. People will
1) Write in Howie & Angela, which is what I'm doing in #Georgia
2) Simply not vote for president, while voting in other races
3) Not voting at all
4) Voting for a different candidate
Only thing Democrats accomplished is to prove that their top priority is restricting discourse
2) Simply not vote for president, while voting in other races
3) Not voting at all
4) Voting for a different candidate
Only thing Democrats accomplished is to prove that their top priority is restricting discourse
to policies upholding Wall St & empire.
If any Democrats & Republicans want to prove me wrong, please go ahead and vote for policies which remove ballot access restrictions & implement #RankedChoiceVoting & include multiple parties in public election financing & debates.
If any Democrats & Republicans want to prove me wrong, please go ahead and vote for policies which remove ballot access restrictions & implement #RankedChoiceVoting & include multiple parties in public election financing & debates.
