The debate was not about the value of ranked voting over the current plurality voting system, but instead, its value compared to STAR Voting.
Articles by DC Authors
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Living in Fear
Let’s move to a place where we can call all men and women friends, brothers or sisters. We need each other, we were made to look out for one another.
RCV And STAR Voting Go Head To Head In Oregon
Oregon Senate Bill 791 and 343 seek to establish ranked-choice voting as the default voting system in Oregon, receiving open testimony on 16 March.
Podcast: Citizenship In A Consumer World
“The Consumer Citizen” by Ethan Porter generated more discussion among the Democracy Works team than any book we’ve read recently. Tune in to hear why.
Still Wrestling the Big Lie: Trickle-Down Economics
Liars, swindlers, con-men, and deceivers are at work and they are paid very well to represent the richest among us and the trickle-down lie.
Florida Legislature Must Pass a Freedom to Register and Vote Act
Don’t you dare remove a registered voter from the voter rolls unless you are absolutely certain you are not crushing that person’s democratic rights.
Statistically Significant
A universal basic income experiment in Stockton, California gave randomly selected residents $500 per month for two years with no strings attached.
Podcast: Understanding – And Addressing – Domestic Terrorism
How the United States responds to these threats touches on some of democracy’s most basic tensions. We explore those tensions this week.
There Are Two Competing Narratives About The 2020 Election
Unless all of our presidential elections have been rigged to varying degrees, narratives of rigged and stable elections are false.
There Won’t be Another Chance to Hold Biden’s Feet to the Fire
If we want to live in a somewhat decent country we must start to hold our president’s feet to the fire. We just can’t go along and complain.