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Equal Vote Coalition

Jan 7 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

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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#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.

Many of these protocols are written into our state constitutions, our laws, and our charters. As distrust in our elections grows, we owe it to the people to ensure that reforms we propose not only uphold the standards of the past, they're robust and secure enough for the future.

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After 11 failed attempts to elect a #SpeakerOfTheHouse, it's clear that a true majority winner does not exist. That said, a better voting method could end the stalemate and find a representative, majority preferred winner. Let's review 2 options: #RankedChoice and #STARVoting.
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BREAKING NEWS: We have long taken a firm stance that RCV does not pass our minimum bar for fair, secure, and viable election reform - for a number of reasons - but when catastrophic fails like this happen, we are as dismayed as anyone. @sfchronicle bit.ly/rcv-botch
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