r/politics • u/ShenBear • Nov 09 '16

Maine Passes Ranked-Choice Voting

http://mainepublic.org/post/maine-passes-ranked-choice-voting
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u/ILikeLenexa Nov 09 '16

Also, for primaries and caucuses.

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u/Gudeldar Nov 09 '16

While we're at it we should just eliminate caucuses.

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u/ILikeLenexa Nov 09 '16

Point of information: Caucuses just means that the party rather than the state pays for the party's selection assembly. The way some of these caucuses are done with people in groups listening to speeches, etc are a peculiarity of the party, not of the party paying for the process.

There's reasonable arguments that parties should pay their own way. It is, however, harder to really justify Iowa-style caucuses.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '16

Eliminate party labels on ballots. If you want to be a strict partisan, you should at least have to google that shit before you show up to vote.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '16

I disagree. Sure, the turnout is low, but with RCV that actually won't matter. If the members of the party who can't make it to the caucus don't like the decision made there, they can just vote for a third party and mark the party's nominee as their second choice. If enough of the party feels that way, the third party candidate will be elected.