Mid-term Prognostications 2018 -- Time to Shine like Silver!

[The Sicatoka]

Re: Mid-term Prognostications 2018 -- Time to Shine like Silver!

Ranked choice means you can rank candidates in order of preference. If no one gets 50%+1, the person with fewest votes is eliminated and they go to those voters' second choices. And so on and so forth until someone gets a majority.

Thanks for the info.

In a ranked system, are you allowed to pick "1" and not pick a "2" or "3" in a three-person race?

[jerphisch]

Re: Mid-term Prognostications 2018 -- Time to Shine like Silver!

Thanks for the info.

In a ranked system, are you allowed to pick "1" and not pick a "2" or "3" in a three-person race?

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[The Sicatoka]

Re: Mid-term Prognostications 2018 -- Time to Shine like Silver!

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What I glean from this (http://www.lwvme.org/RCV.html) is that if I only fill in a dot for first choice and my first choice is lowest in round one (and eliminated) I effectively abstain from round two if I don't make a second choice.


I can't wait to see how that'll work in Florida when someone picks Candidate X in all three rounds. That'll make hanging chads seem easy.

Or when someone picks X in round one, no choice for a second choice, but Z as a third choice. That'll be a hoot!

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

What I glean from this (http://www.lwvme.org/RCV.html) is that if I only fill in a dot for first choice and my first choice is lowest in round one (and eliminated) I effectively abstain from round two if I don't make a second choice.


I can't wait to see how that'll work in Florida when someone picks Candidate X in all three rounds. That'll make hanging chads seem easy.

Or when someone picks X in round one, no choice for a second choice, but Z as a third choice. That'll be a hoot!

That's the point where we relegate Florida to a commonwealth and promote Puerto Rico to statehood.