<div dir="auto">I’m just asking that everyone be held to the same standards, Robert. </div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 3:32 PM robert bristow-johnson <<a href="mailto:rbj@audioimagination.com">rbj@audioimagination.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br>
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> On 06/08/2024 12:36 PM EDT Michael Garman <<a href="mailto:michael.garman@rankthevote.us" target="_blank">michael.garman@rankthevote.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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> It’s still implying that approval guarantees majority winners. You’re twisting yourself into knots to avoid the implication they clearly meant to present. <br>
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Like what implication are these folks making?<br>
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<a href="https://www.betterballotvermont.org/how-rcv-works" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.betterballotvermont.org/how-rcv-works</a> <br>
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"If your favorite candidate can’t win, your vote counts instantly for your second choice, ..."<br>
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falsehood.<br>
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"[RCV] will ensure that the winner has the support of a true majority of voters."<br>
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another falsehood.<br>
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"Ranked choice voting allows more than two candidates to compete without fear of a “spoiler effect” ... "<br>
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another falsehood.<br>
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"Ranked choice voting ensures majority rule, rather than allowing a candidate to win with just 40 percent of the vote in a plurality."<br>
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They evidently think that 48% is a majority.<br>
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Michael, you might wanna be careful about being the pot calling the kettle "black".<br>
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