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Ranked-choice voting suffers setback in Georgia legislative session (saportareport.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From the Saporta Report:

Ranked-choice voting (RCV) suffered a setback in Georgia this legislative session, with the Senate Ethics Committee passing SB355 — a bill that would ban RCV in Georgia. RCV has been gaining traction around the country and online, with supporters saying it would allow more third-party candidates to be elected, greatly reduce runoffs, and lead to […]

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[–] blackfire 1 points 10 months ago

Would hate for there to be a break of the 2 party system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

@saportareport Well, yeah. It's much easier to game the system with the well-known status quo. 🤷‍♂️

[–] bran 1 points 10 months ago

So aggravating! Seems like we're having runoffs so frequently, you'd think that advocating for RCV purely on the merits of cost savings would surely be well received... 🤦