What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?

Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by smitty1e on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:21AM (#27602127)

The 16th and 17th Amendments, plus the Federal Reserve Act, all in 1913, along with the capping of the House of Representatives at 435 members in 1910, have driven the growth of the Administrative State. And the debt.

So now there is a quasi-aristocracy running plays and putting on these electoral shows every couple of years.

Calls for substantial reform.

Technical people understand the need for clean architecture and political systems.

Humans are not code, but our political- and tax systems are a Byzantine train wreck. On a good day.

But go ahead and worry about DeMint's opinions, boss.

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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by cryptgno on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:37PM (#27610771)

I agree that our political system is a train wreck, but I don't see why the political positions of the people you're suggesting amend the Constitution wouldn't be relevant.

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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by smitty1e on Thursday June 24, 2021 @05:14AM (#27615410)

Ah, so.

I submit that perhaps the communication challenge may be rooted in the modern insistence in making ansolutely everything political.

A Federalist construct would seek to assign appropriate tasking to each level of government, and have DC manage international and inter-State concerns.

Arguably, a single, monolithic state try to manage every personal and local concern leads to gridlock, Q.E.D.

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