#RankedChoiceVoting

Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️One of the big benefits of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> is that the public gets to see just how much support third part candidates and independents actually have when people are not forced to vote for their second or third choice as their first choice.

Journeys In FilmOUT NOW: Majority Rules 2025 — a new cut of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MajorityRules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MajorityRules</a> featuring the results of 2024's primary reform ballot initiatives. At a time when confidence in democracy is at historic lows, this film shows how voters can reclaim power.Get brand new educational resources from Journeys in Film to use the new cut of Majority Rules to teach about ranked choice voting and election reform in your civics, government and political science classrooms. These teaching tools are specifically designed for grades 8-12, International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement, and higher education use.Learn more: <a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/film/majority-rules/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journeysinfilm.org/film/majority-rules/</a><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/PoliticalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliticalScience</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CivicEngagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivicEngagement</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Activism</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elections</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ElectionReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionReform</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HighSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HighSchool</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homeschooling</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AP</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/IB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IB</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Movies</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Docmentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Docmentary</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

william.maggos<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/parkermolloy.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@parkermolloy.com</a> let's pass FFV <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> in Illinois!

william.maggosWhen Dems complain that they lost because the left did not compromise and vote for them in the general, we need to be able to come back at them about refusing to support FFV <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a>.Let's create the future where hating each other over politics, whatever our ideology or partisanship, is bad politics.

william.maggosI want <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> and <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/DemocracyOfReach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DemocracyOfReach</a> and a better UN because I believe in <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/LiberalValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiberalValues</a>. I think we get the best outcomes for everyone when everyone gets an equal say. I recognize individual ignorance and bias. I think fascism and the excesses of capitalism come down to concentrated power and people thinking they are smarter or more righteous than others. I can't understand thinking you were born into the right ethnicity or can somehow better discern the voice of the supreme being.

william.maggosTIL the NYC general election for mayor is not decided by <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a>. So Adams getting out weakens Mamdani. Ugh.We need FFV RCV everywhere. Have a preliminary election that is easy to qualify for. The top five vote getters move on to the RCV general. Parties have no power except as just another special interest group like the NRA or PP that can endorse if they want. <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a>Our governments are broken into pieces that compete for power, to lessen corruption etc. The duopoly breaks this.

ProRep CoalitionHey <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Sacramento" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacramento</a> and nearby folks, there's going to be a cool pro-democracy event at the CLARA Auditorium, Tuesday, September 30, at 5:30. Topics include <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gerrymandering</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProportionalRepresentation</a> for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a>. Panelists from League of Women Voters, Protect Democracy, Better Ballot Sacramento and the ProRep Coalition. (That's us!)Event is free but seats are limited. Still time to register here:<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebooting-democracy-reform-representation-in-california-tickets-1549927457749?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebooting-democracy-reform-representation-in-california-tickets-1549927457749?aff=oddtdtcreator</a>

william.maggos<a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@rchusid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rchusid</a> yeah I don't think keeping the parties ultimately makes sense. imo FFV <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> fixes all these problems over time.

william.maggos<a href="https://bemrose.social/users/ryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ryan</a> kinda?I don't think it makes sense to choose Trump over what the Dems are offering, but I think lots of people don't think the Dems are doing much for them. imo they should go Bernie but Dems effectively closed that door twice. <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> would give us a lot more options and make us do more than shit talk "the other side".but then it takes a lot to find media making this case too. the mainstream and the anti mainstream dominate.

Ian Kluft ✅🖥️📡I missed the news back in June about a documentary "The Choice" about <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> in its first use in <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Portland</a>, <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oregon</a>. (I was away on a road trip with a friend when this was in the news.) It observed changes to campaigns, outreach to voters on how RCV works & addition of district covering areas previously ignored on the east side. The results show apparent success with a council more similar to the population. Added to my earlier thread about <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RCV</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJEKUNFfIBE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJEKUNFfIBE</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PNW</a>

william.maggos<a href="https://toot.community/@HarryRasmussen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@HarryRasmussen</a> It's mostly a function of how dependent they are on his approval to stay in office. To win primaries in districts gerrymandered very conservative. I don't see Dems being much different if everything was reversed. We need FFV <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a>.

william.maggos<a href="https://nonzero.social/@robertwrighter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@robertwrighter</a> we have less checks on presidents than expected because of the duopoly, gerrymandering and the power of presidents (especially this one) to dictate who wins primaries. we need FFV <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> everywhere to weaken that stranglehold.

william.maggos<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/mariabustillos.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mariabustillos.com</a> agreed but this framing makes it seem like they are on our side. they're on their own side. we should vote with them when they are the best option likely to win, but we have to take their power away. and their power comes from media ownership, advertising and the duopoly. we have to decentralize media and push <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> everywhere.

william.maggos<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/nberlat.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@nberlat.bsky.social</a> yep. we should fix it with FFV <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a>.

Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩<a href="https://mastodon.social/@ShadSterling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ShadSterling</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@the5thColumnist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@the5thColumnist</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@flipper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@flipper</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@RegGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@RegGuy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cmconseils</a> true with a caveat:there were republican leaning areas that went to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rankedChoiceVoting</a>like alaskahowever <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#republicans</a>, who depend upon voter suppression and disenfranchisement, not voter choice, noticed the trend, and stomped it out:<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4969563/ranked-choice-voting-bans" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4969563/ranked-choice-voting-bans</a>such that, indeed, you are now 100% correct:the only path forward to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RCV</a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> is now via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democrats</a> only

FairVote IllinoisOur neighbors across Lake Michigan are making waves! Congratulations to Rank MI Vote on starting signature collection for your statewide ballot initiative to bring <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> to the Great Lakes State!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Michigan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MichiganPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MichiganPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

william.maggosThe fix for the TX redistricting bullshit is FFV <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> everywhere. Don't try to do the same thing for Democrats in another state. Instead tell everybody that any party trying to lock in more districts for their side is anti democratic and against the will of our Founders who built a system to avoid the need for political parties.Fulfill their promise. No primaries. End the duopoly.

ProRep CoalitionHow to actually win the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gerrymandering</a> wars, cont. Pass the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FairRepresentationAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairRepresentationAct</a> for the US House. Instead of partisan redistricting, the Fair Representation Act would require house members to be elected by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> in multi-member districts. That will make gerrymandering impossible, make every election competitive and make the House much more socially and politically diverse. We can do the same in the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> legislature! <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProportionalRepresentation</a> FairVote on Bluesky. (US FairVote is not on fedi, sadly.)<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/fairvote.bsky.social/post/3luobl2szme24" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/fairvote.bsky.social/post/3luobl2szme24</a>Contact your representative and ask them to support the FRA.<a href="https://fairvoteaction.quorum.us/campaign/FairRepAct2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fairvoteaction.quorum.us/campaign/FairRepAct2025/</a>Support multimember districts and proportional representation in California's legislature: <a href="https://www.prorepcoalition.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.prorepcoalition.org/</a>

william.maggosPerhaps Elon's 3rd party will break <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> and drive more support for <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a>.

william.maggosThe problem with political parties and primaries:“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” — James Madison, Federalist 47, 1788We need FFV <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> everywhere.

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