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Re:Show HN: RankedVote – SurveyMonkey but focused on ranked-... by josephcsible on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:03AM (#33117628)
The people who picked Begich as their first choice had their second choice counted, but the people who picked Palin as their first choice threw away their second choice. Had the latter's second choices not been thrown away, then Begich would have won.
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Re:Show HN: RankedVote – SurveyMonkey but focused on ranked-... by autoexec on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:46AM (#33117853)
> The people who picked Palin as their first choice threw away their second choice.

You don't get to rank a bunch of choices and then claim your vote didn't get counted because every one of your choices didn't win the election. People who picked Palin as their #1 choice won against Begich. Their vote went to Palin exactly as they wanted. Palin lost, but the voter who put Palin first voted for the person they wanted and that vote was counted.

Voting for a losing candidate does not mean throwing your vote away or not having your vote counted.

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Re:Show HN: RankedVote – SurveyMonkey but focused on ranked-... by fdsjgfklsfd on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:53AM (#33120558)
Yes, it does mean throwing your vote away under Hare RCV. People who ranked Begich second had their vote thrown away when he was eliminated.
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Re:Show HN: RankedVote – SurveyMonkey but focused on ranked-... by autoexec on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:40PM (#33125295)
People who ranked Begich second had the vote for their #1 pick counted. A vote that is counted in the final contest of an election is not a vote "thrown away" even though the person they voted for lost.
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