'A resident of Irmo, South Carolina, is raising concerns after the town council recently approved a controversial resolution supporting Ranked-Choice Voting.
Better Ballot SC, a “nonpartisan” grassroots movement led by Nicole Sanchez, has reportedly been lobbying local officials across the state to adopt a dangerous election experiment known as “ranked choice voting” (RCV)—or, as they slickly rebrand it, “instant runoff voting” (IRV).
Under IRV, voters rank candidates by preference, and votes are reallocated through multiple rounds until a candidate surpasses 50%.
According to its website:
IRV is a simple, fair, and easy way to enable more voices and provide more choices for South Carolina voters.
IRV ensures the winning candidate has majority (More than 50%) support and that similar candidates can’t split the vote or “spoil” the election.
Instead of picking just one candidate, IRV allows you to rank any or even all the candidates on your ballot — ensuring EVERY VOTE MATTERS.'
Watch it, or, you will be screwed like Alaska.
And Maine!
'A resident of Irmo, South Carolina, is raising concerns after the town council recently approved a controversial resolution supporting Ranked-Choice Voting.
Better Ballot SC, a “nonpartisan” grassroots movement led by Nicole Sanchez, has reportedly been lobbying local officials across the state to adopt a dangerous election experiment known as “ranked choice voting” (RCV)—or, as they slickly rebrand it, “instant runoff voting” (IRV).
Under IRV, voters rank candidates by preference, and votes are reallocated through multiple rounds until a candidate surpasses 50%.
According to its website:
IRV is a simple, fair, and easy way to enable more voices and provide more choices for South Carolina voters. IRV ensures the winning candidate has majority (More than 50%) support and that similar candidates can’t split the vote or “spoil” the election. Instead of picking just one candidate, IRV allows you to rank any or even all the candidates on your ballot — ensuring EVERY VOTE MATTERS.'
Ensuring more cheating, with some votes being thrown out and other votes getting counted multiple times!
One man, one vote. Giving everyone two votes in some places tears that concept to shreds. Outrageous.