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Re:Debian decides to allow secret votes by skrtskrt on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @09:39AM (#30842385)
The point about the American election is that if people knew going into the vote that it was a popular vote across the country, voting behavior would change.

Many people don’t vote at all because their preferred president has a 0% chance of winning their state and the vast majority of states are winner-take all with the electoral votes

Re:Debian decides to allow secret votes by oneoff786 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @11:08AM (#30843571)
Or they don’t vote because their preferred president has a 100% chance of winning, which is more often the case given their community is already deeply red or blue
Re:Debian decides to allow secret votes by mywittyname on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:59PM (#30846894)
Maybe they do vote because local elections are important.
Re:Debian decides to allow secret votes by pessimizer on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @03:13PM (#30847072)
Local elections can be important, but if all the candidates are bad, they're not.
Re:Debian decides to allow secret votes by skrtskrt on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @03:28PM (#30847233)
sure, the known set of rules causes some types of voters to be more likely to vote, and other types less likely.

The point is that you can't possibly know how all those interactions among voters would play out if you did in fact update the rules