• Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    7 months ago

    Part of it is that it’s easier to complain than offer solutions 🤷‍♂️

    The other part is getting the ball rolling. Like, where do you even start? I see a lot of states getting positive changes enacted through ballot initiatives, but unfortunately, my state doesn’t have any kind of provision for that. So, we’re at the mercy of whoever the low-information voters elect.

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      7 months ago

      Also see the spate of “red states” that have already submitted legislation to specifically outlaw any other form of voting i.e. ranked-choice.

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        7 months ago

        AFAIK, that’s not been on the table here…yet. Give them time, though.

        There were 4 pretty terrible legislature-initiated ballot initiatives in 2022 that all failed to pass by a decent margin. That’s at least giving me some hope. Though I don’t know if outlawing ranked-choice would be something that’d have to go through ballot initiative or if the legislature could just pass it on their own.

        Edit: Thought I was replying to a comment in a different (but similar) post. At least this reply works for both lol.