Thanks Chris. The method they are using is suboptimal, but still a big step forward.
> What if it weren’t this way? What if Americans could vote for the candidate > they most love instead of voting against the candidate they most fear? For > voters in Maine, this is no longer a hypothetical question. On Election Day, > they will have the chance to enact “ranked choice” voting, a method of voting > allowing them to rank candidates for political office in order of preference, > first choice through last choice. When the votes are totaled, if no candidate > crosses the 50 percent threshold based on first place votes, the last-placed > candidate’s votes are re-allocated to their second choice. This process > continues with the bottom vote getter being dropped until one candidate > crosses 50 percent and is elected by a majority. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 17, 2016, at 17:21, Chris Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ernie has been a visionary about ranked choice voting. This from > RealClearPolitics. > > http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/10/16/why_ranked-choice_voting_makes_sense_132071.html > > Chris > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
