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Re:Alameda County admits tallying error in ranked choice vot... by thaumasiotes on Saturday December 31, 2022 @08:15AM (#34196160)
> You could run parliament on probabilistic lines, too.

My instinct is that this would have significantly more negative effects, to do with the ease under that system of making radical policy changes.

Though more likely, it would fall into a pathological state where most votes are votes on whether to retake other votes.

Re:Alameda County admits tallying error in ranked choice vot... by eru on Sunday January 01, 2023 @12:09AM (#34203793)
Probabilistic doesn't have to mean completely uniformly random.

And you can also still have safeguards, like constitutional guarantees etc.