• LittleLordLimerick@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Voters were able to select two candidates and only voted for one

    Clarification: low-income voters from predominantly black areas did this, which is effectively disenfranchisement. That’s the concern: that low-income minorities may be disenfranchised by more complex/confusing ballots. The concern is real because it already happened.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, low income correlates with low education and an increase in voter error. That’s not a reason to not make the elections more fair or more accurate. It’s the opposite of that.

      Ranked Choice voters can still select their first and only choice. If there are two spots, there will be two sections to fill out rankings and it will likely result in fewer undervotes.