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Allow voters to express support for all the candidates they like; Board Director at @TheEqualVote; Board Director at @DWE_USA; Consultant at @ShowMeIntegrity

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Have questions about voting reform? Come to my weekly Open Democracy Discussion any Tuesday starting at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT!

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Getting back on Twitter to make it clear that this is the dumbest fucking thing ever

https://t.co/ci0jL7HE6B.

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@greg16676935420 In my head for $0.00

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@GrantSlatton I do a lot of both. I spend a ton of time in front of screens both consuming media and contributing to good government reform as a volunteer.

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@a2e_project @iBringBalance Most ranked methods allow equal ranks. RCV and Borda are exceptions to the rule.

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I'm now realizing that this vote probably got thrown out for being considered an overvote in the first rank.

Seriously, RCV needs to allow equal rankings.

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I found @LondonBreed's biggest supporter.

This voter filled in all 10 rank bubbles next to London Breed. Then, they wrote London’s name in and filled in all 10 of those bubbles, too. 😭

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@iBringBalance Welp, that's going away, so 🤷

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@Nasaaeaoa Washington>Oregon
Michigan>Ohio
Florida>Georgia
Virginia>West Virginia
Vermont>New Hampshire
Montanta>Wyoming
Arizona>New Mexico
Minnesota>Wisconsin

I feel like I could keep going

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@iBringBalance I want the option to be available. It's hard to know how many would take advantage of it.

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@iBringBalance Even happier to use Approval!

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@tomaspueyo @mollyculetheory No it absolutely does NOT prove a treatment can work. While "can" is a lower bar than "does", it's not that low. This could have very, very easily been a fluke. It tells us nothing of significance.

She's free to apply for a grant to do a real study, but this does not count.

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@tomaspueyo Or because a sample size of 1 cannot produce statistically significant results?

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@iBringBalance No, it'd be much simpler. You could have fewer columns on the ballot, and just treat each round of the RCV tally like Approval instead of Choose One. Way fewer voided ballots.

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@RankedChoiceFTW Borda is also trash. It uses explicit ranks and has a ballot completion requirement, which leads to an artificial boost for unknown candidates. This creates outcomes that are worse than random. Here's my list:
https://t.co/vbO61EkRur

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If you think I'm just a hater, then I think you just haven't spent enough time studying voting science and participating in electoral reform.

Choose One Voting is bad, but it's not the worst, and the effort it takes to upgrade needs to be worth it.

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As voting method reformers, we care deeply about addressing the root causes of problems.

The root cause of this problem is that Ranked Choice Voting is worse than Choose One Voting.

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@Bruh_bruh_Brian @RankedChoiceFTW @WillMantell I missed Arizona in that original post.

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I found @LondonBreed's biggest supporter.

This voter filled in all 10 rank bubbles next to London Breed. Then, they wrote London’s name in and filled in all 10 of those bubbles, too. 😭

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@iBringBalance It's incredibly frustrating that you can't see how $50m and thousands of volunteer hours were just thrown away. The voters don't want your reform. Find a better one.

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@CodyOConnell4 There's some good stuff on https://t.co/B3adEMEhhN and the Center for Election Science had some good stuff you can find through WebArchive, but I'll leave you with a neutral source that will still tell you a lot:
https://t.co/astX7Pcolq

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@CodyOConnell4 Here's some peer review on a handful of popular methods showing problems with accuracy and honesty incentive. Not worse than Choose One here, but comparable to Top Two Runoff, which RCV often replaces in practice.
https://t.co/Q9aLGIm6CV