• vividspecter@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    The flaw is that you could just do it all in one round with ranked choice instead of having runoff elections and/or tactical voting.

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      4 months ago

      Having runoff elections allows for another round of campaigning and the voters can make a more informed choice given the results of the first round. There is some value in that, but personally I’d lean towards instant runoff or just proportional representation etc.

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        That value of continued campaigns should be weighed against the requirement that voters need to vote multiple times. Depending on how the votes are cast (in-person vs. mail-in, precinct-based vs. county-based, etc.), subsequent rounds of voting would likely see diminishing voter turnout.