Re:Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in New York City
by busterarm on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @03:26PM
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and IRV is widely acknowledged to be the next worst. There are known-better systems out there.
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Re:Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in New York City
by cgrealy on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @04:17PM
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100% agree that there are better systems, but don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
Re:Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in New York City
by andrekandre on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:01PM
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yes, but maybe we shouldn’t let perfect or better be the enemy of what is actually needed (to paraphrase alan kay)
iow, what are the actual problems we are trying to solve, and what is the election system that is actually needed to solve it
the potential problem of choosing something “a little better” is that we could get stuck in another local minima, where further reform (that is needed) doesn’t happen because the new current system is “good enough”