Well, that's ambiguous. Alaskans can't actually choose a ranked choice ballot. But we have a ballot measure coming up that, if passed, would change our voting to ranked choice.
You mark your first choice #1, your second choice #2, etc. And if your first choice comes out last, then your 2nd choice candidate gets your vote. That way, if there are two candidates you like, you can vote for them both.
I was reminded of this the other night when Hasan Minhaj promoted Ranked Choice Voting on his Netflix show Patriot Act. But I know that not everyone has Netflix. What to do? I haven't figured out how to put up clips from Netflix. Minhaj is brilliant. If I were still teaching public administration classes, I would use his shows as homework assignments for a number of classes. Though there is a profanity warning. (Is that still an issue at universities today? Berkeley students fought that back in 1965.
But there's a good synopsis of some of the key points on this Youtube based on the show. Watch it. If you're an Alaskan, share it with everyone you know to let them know this can be ours. Maine already does this. This clip captures the essence of the show, but if you have Netflix, go look at the whole episode.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
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Um, gee. That helps. We use this in local elections, but not yet at national. It works, but does take a bit of time to collate results...
ReplyDeleteAnd btw, Paddington does NOT support the death penalty.