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Which was a surprise to all the slaves.
Once again Republicans misunderstand/misrepresent history to suit their own needs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_man,_one_vote
In short, none of this is meant to say that a person can't express more granular support in an election, so long as it doesn't give certain citizens greater influence than others. A ranked ballot is still "one vote" per race, in IRV at least, so my vote doesn't mean any more than yours.
It doesn't even make sense. Everyone is still voting once. Or an I missing something? I apologize, i didn't read the article.
They're intentionally misrepresenting what RCV is and how it works, playing on their base's fear of voter fraud (which itself is code for Hispanic people voting.)
You're not missing anything, it is deliberate misrepresentation of what one person's right to vote is.
And we really don't have one person, one vote, and this is a fix for that. Most political seats in the US are not competitive because one party dominates, so some people's votes (in swing districts) matter much more than others. RCV allows previously non-competitive one-party races to become competitive, so we can actually have everyone's votes matter more equally.