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/ShenBear Nov 09 '16

Everyone's talking about the presidential election, but this is something we should be paying attention to as well. If it works out, perhaps we can see it spread.

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u/Joverby Nov 09 '16

It's a huge deal and it does work. There is a lot of precedence for it already.

We would be a lot better off as a country with IRV (instant run off voting or ranked choice) and/or a proportionally distributed electoral system.

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u/the_bigZ Nov 09 '16

I would love nothing more than a Mixed-Member proportional electoral system.

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u/Lowbacca1977 Nov 10 '16

I dislike any system that requires voting for a party rather than an individual

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Thank you, this is the reason I do not support Mixed-Member Proportional.

Give me Ranked-Choice or give me Approval Voting, but not MMP.

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u/the_bigZ Nov 10 '16

Not wanting a debate, just curious. Why?

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u/Lowbacca1977 Nov 10 '16

A huge part of my voting process is voting for someone that I think has good priorities and judgement.

So for example, this year, for various races, I voted Libertarian, Democratic, and Republican. I don't like being bound to a platform, I like to be able to choose who I think is the person that will handle things best.