Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?
by pandem on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:56AM
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The Congress does not decide the New York local tax rate or how west coast cities handle their forest. You can have a local government and Congressional elections that are not tied to your specific location. As far as I know now the only position that both someone in California and someone in New York would vote for is POTUS.
Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?
by Zak on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:41AM
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Congress does, however decide how western states manage much of their land - a majority in some states.
Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?
by nine_k on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:10PM
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Ironically, a lot of people who decide how to develop NYC subway sit in Albany, NY.
Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:15PM
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> a lot of people who decide how to develop NYC subway sit in Albany, NY
Albany bailed us out, so it retains oversight. But the vast majority of the MTA’s decisions are made by people with boots on the ground.
For instance, I have zero clue about life in NYC. Letting me directly influence decisions in NYC is wholly unfair. I have no skin in the game! How good or bad their transportation is doesn’t affect me. Whether their local tax rate is high or low doesn’t affect me. But it most definitely does affect them.
Likewise, nobody in NYC is affected by the repeat wildfires we’ve had recently on the west coast. Letting them directly say, “Nah, it’s no big deal” is also unfair.
I definitely empathize, though. Lots of my beliefs aren’t represented where I live, either.