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Tag Archives: Ranked Choice Voting
Will the real progressives please stand up?
Here we go again. It is unfortunate that yet another Alameda mayor has been elected without majority support. Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft won the seat with only 41.97 percent of the vote. Blame it on Alameda’s use of a plurality voting … Continue reading
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Tagged Alameda, FairVote, instant runoff, Libby Schaaf, Marilyn Ashcraft, progressives, Ranked Choice Voting
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Counting one, two, three
It’s the same ol’ backward story I hear over and over again about ranked-choice voting being complicated. Wrong. It’s as simple as one, two, three. The conversation I have with people goes something like this: “Ranked-choice voting is hard for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Alameda, Instant Runoff Elections, Ranked Choice Voting
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In A Democracy, The Majority Should Rule
As campaign signs were taken down around town and the victims of SunCal’s wrath were trying to recover from a bitter election aftertaste, voters couldn’t help but notice the results of the race for mayor in Oakland. Oakland for the … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Elections
Tagged Instant Runoff Elections, Ranked Choice Voting
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