Re: Ranked Choice Voting app

Posted by gepr on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Ranked-Choice-Voting-app-tp7595666p7597348.html

When discussing the gaming of the system, it's best to identify the *type* of RCV being used. I think the Ausies use instant-runoff, which (again, I think) is more susceptible to accidentally choosing a wacko than *purposefully* choosing your person.

On 6/22/20 8:45 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote:

> AAAAH!. Ok I think I understand where you are coming from.  ^_^ When I get back from adulting (Joke: Am an adult? since when?)I'll watch. It my hunches are that the candidates that run and get picked for what ever position We don't get much diversity for pet projects. And that their is a lot of finger pointing.  Media  distortions from little things like zooming in on crowds to make them look larger then they are, to bigger things, like focusing more on particular candidates isn't helping.
> And yeah having two more or less stuck platforms might also be a part of that mess. 
> Right now we had 3 very different candidates. But then vermot and one of the other states basically held their votes without even offering mail in votes. Much less something online. And we see what that lead to.
>
> I didn't know Australia let you vote for more than 1 person. Isn't santa fe supposed to have that? 
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> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 9:24 AM cody dooderson <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
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>     The point is that the problem with our voting system is very subtle. It is too easily manipulatable even if every vote is counted.

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