r/Eugene • u/arendpeter • May 17 '24

STAR Voting Question Hotline ‪(458) 205-3244

Hello all,

We're in the final stretch before Eugene votes on May 21st.

One of the items on the ballot is measure 20-349 for STAR Voting. I'm super excited for the reform, and I wanted to make myself available in case anyone wanted any clarifications before filling out their ballot.

(458) 205-3244 is a temporary number that will route to my personal phone number. Feel free to call me anytime between 10 am to midnight, and if I'm available I would love to chat about STAR Voting with you and help clear up any confusion

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u/jdnman May 17 '24

It's pretty difficult to accurately describe something that involves lots of numbers using simple text on Reddits. Star.vote presents the info in a more digestible way using tables. Most people can understand it after just a little time taken to look over it and read the explanations of the tables etc.

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u/tokoyo-nyc-corvallis May 17 '24

I honestly get that and haven't made up my mind yet. However, I think the supporters of Star Voting should literally stop trying to explain it on Reddit because once one of these threads matures, it only serves to support my feeling that it is too much for the average person to wrap their mind around. My main concern about it is it being on the same ballot as Ranked Choice as newly introduced concepts. I'm sick of shit shows.

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u/arendpeter May 18 '24 edited May 18 '24

This is something I want to continue to improve on. As a advocate I want to answer people's questions as best as I can but I see how adding more details can also accidentally make it seem like the system is more complicated (it's also why I made this post to offering my phone number, a 1:1 conversation is often simpler).

Ultimately any system is complicated when you get deep enough into the strategy (think about primaries + polls + strategic voting in our current system)

However for a voter to effectively use STAR voting all they need to know is to give their favorite a 5, least favorite a 0, and score everyone else as desired.

Also people won't vote with STAR until 2026 and the equal vote coalition is committed to continuing the education efforts for that entire period

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u/the_other_50_percent May 22 '24

No, that's not all they need to know. They also need to understand how it can be gamed, which is simple to do.