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A comment on Quadratic Voting (2014).

Re:Quadratic Voting (2014) by toolslive on Sunday May 03, 2015 @06:35AM (#9480779)
Most of the time, it's not the voting system that's the problem, it's the set of things you can vote for. Sometimes, you can vote A or B but you like neither alternative. Maybe you should be able to express your dislike too. A vote like "I don't care who gets elected, as long as it is not this specific person".
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Re:Quadratic Voting (2014) by mhuffman on Sunday May 03, 2015 @07:22AM (#9480892)
The ability to "negative vote", really should be a thing. Since the US system, in particular, is set up in a way that makes change unrealistic for the "common folk" it would be the only way I can think of for poor people to really get any disapproval across.
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Re:Quadratic Voting (2014) by glenweyl on Sunday May 03, 2015 @08:20AM (#9481003)
I completely agree. This is a crucial feature of QV with multiple alternatives. QV also has a nominating process to ensure the right things are on the ballot.
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