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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21917446

Ballot in question:

Mayor:

District 1:

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Good.

That means it's working as intended.

The people who are too dumb to use RCV have no business influencing policy with their votes.

[–] Custodian1623@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

people with poor reading comprehension or who just dont have the time to stare at a ballot for more than a couple minutes still deserve representation. just because someone's circumstances differ from yours doesn't make it good if they don't have a voice

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those voters... how good do you think they are at resisting disinformation?

[–] Custodian1623@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

Using rcv to dissuade the uninformed voters, so the disinformed voters aren't enough to elect a demagogue.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't think you know what democracy means...

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

https://volokh.com/2012/11/06/the-case-for-abstaining-from-voting-on-issues-where-you-are-ignorant/

It would be dangerous to give government the power to forcibly exclude ignorant voters from the franchise. Incumbent political leaders could too easily abuse it to exclude their political opponents or to target unpopular minorities. But there is no such danger if a voter voluntarily chooses not to vote in a particular race because he or she decides they don’t have enough knowledge to vote responsibly.

[–] DerArzt@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think you know that we are a Democratic Republic.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

So is North Korea.