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Re:The Case for Abolishing Elections by andrepd on Sunday November 13, 2022 @07:20AM (#33582393)
The point about pre-approval is tremendously important. Elections are a two-step process, nominations+vote. The fact that the first step is controlled by a small elite of party apparatchiks and the rich and influent is ENORMOUSLY important and very underappreciated. By the time citizens go to the polls, opaque party politics have already picked a handful of candidates (at best) for the public to choose from.

A nice quote about this, from a corrupt 19th-century NY politician and businessman: "I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating"

Very nice speaker about this: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PJy8vTu66tE

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Re:The Case for Abolishing Elections by pooper on Sunday November 13, 2022 @07:51AM (#33582576)
Ranked choice voting will help but the most important thing is to limit the amount of money you can spend on elections.
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Re:The Case for Abolishing Elections by chiefalchemist on Sunday November 13, 2022 @11:58AM (#33584853)
Agree on ranked choice. But NotA should still be a choice in that approach. It's a signal. It's the voice of (some) people. NotA shouldn't be repressed any more than any other group of votes should be repressed.
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