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5teerPike t1_j6ez30y wrote

Reply to comment by HeadPen5724 in Debating ranked-choice voting in Vermont by orange_wires

So is there a reason you don't want this other than that there's a less efficient means that works just right for you, specifically?

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HeadPen5724 t1_j6ezigr wrote

There’s a way that’s worked for 200 years v one that’s already been tried and failed, that really serves no purpose. It’s like people think everyone in Burlington there for it the last time we’re just idiots.

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5teerPike t1_j6eztsw wrote

Has it worked for 200 years? Are you sure?

This is what takes away from Vermont, changing nothing is not preserving anything that makes this state what it is.

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HeadPen5724 t1_j6f0331 wrote

It has. And IRV hasn’t, it’s been tried.

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HeadPen5724 t1_j6phqyu wrote

Has our society collapsed? Do people not trust the election system? Do we have widespread fraud? Is anyone confused on how to vote?

I mean I guess to determine if it has worked depends on your goal. Mine are clear, fair, simple and straightforward elections where people’s vote counts. In that regard it has worked. You may have a different goal that it doesn’t meet 🤷🏼‍♂️ but that’s what I’m basing it off. How does IRV fit better with you expectations of what constitutes success in an election?

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HeadPen5724 t1_j6piao5 wrote

Also nothing changing is the status quo in VT. FFS we still depend on people wanting to look at cows wandering around a field as our main source of revenue. The legislatures favorite past time is kicking the can? We use a funding mechanism for education that was devised in the early 1800’s. Hunters still wear red and black plaid wool clothes… Not changing shit IS Vermont.

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