Message from @ArdBoy
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Well, you don't know unless you try.
runoff voting is a popular idea when explained
Who in blazes is dorbo? Is it you? @oprahsminge
I doubt it takes a consitutional amendment in most states. The legislature just needs to pass an election law specifying proportional voting or whatever system the state wants.
You might find that _somebody else_ will pick up the torch of explaining it to Illinoisans.
@Braydon ?
I was followed by someone called dorbo4.
weird
why would it be me exactly?
Ye, I mean, might as well.
Cause I shared the twitter on here.
It's just tiring being politically active in Illinois because of how genuinely toxic it is.
well you did sure
but im not on twitter
@devpav So you think it could probably be passed with a ballot initiative in some states?
A friend of mine is on twitter
really great guy
that might be him
@devpav In some states I think they'd want it a bit different, Texas for example.
Either a ballot initiative or an act of the state legislature.
@devpav I find it unlikely that a state legislature would allow this to pass.
(unless perhaps it had been enacted in other states successfully)
It'd be interesting to do no-primary STV.
That'd considerably reduce partisan hackery, since candidates would have to compete directly for a slice of all available votes.
Including against their own party, in theory.
ye
There are state legislatures crazy enough to award their electoral votes to the 'national popular vote' winner.
Hilariously it'd be easiest to sell to Berniebros
holy
moly
Cause he would have been able to run independently and win, since runoff voting would have encouraged everyone to vote Bernie as first choice and then second choice safe pick.
brb gonna shower like a normie
Which is amusing because I really don't like Bernie, but I'd still support the passage of runoff because it'd snipe many even bigger issues.
States would have to enact jungle primaries like Cali in order to ensure a runoff election in November.
That's one of the issues with leaving this entirely to the state; the transition will be lopsided. But I guess nothing is ever easy.
@devpav i.e. no runoff needs to be conducted, because ballots have priority
Ye
TBH I wish there was even like, options for making strawpolls like that
It'd make my life so much easier with running D&D and some other stuff.