by Rudolph Millan | Mar 2, 2026 | Ranked Choice Voting & Multimember Districts
RCV has problems, both functional and political viability. Efforts better directed elsewhere. Sacramento already has too many leaches, and multiple representatives would triple that. I never heard of STAR before reading one of the posts here. Sounds...
by Terry Feinberg | Mar 2, 2026 | Ranked Choice Voting & Multimember Districts
While possibly confusing to an under-informed electorate, I see that as a communications issue, not a political/policy issue, and I think RCV is a good step to more representative and reasonable candidates. Instead of all or nothing, candidates will need to appeal to...
by Michael Brackney | Mar 2, 2026 | Ranked Choice Voting & Multimember Districts
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV): As Chuck indicates, under RCV your vote won’t count at all if none of your favorites make it into the final runoff. Moreover, in any election in which there are 3 or more viable candidates with a real chance of winning, RCV can NOT...
by Clint Eisenhauer | Mar 2, 2026 | Ranked Choice Voting & Multimember Districts
RCV is far superior to our current first past the post system of voting because it encourages better candidates to run while Minimizing extremism from all sides. And the charge that voters find it confusing is a red herring repeated often by the two anti-competition...
by Chuck | Feb 27, 2026 | Ranked Choice Voting & Multimember Districts
Ranked choice voting is complex and ultimately ensures that your vote may not count. When it was first used in Oakland, I told my boss that we should support the person polling in 2nd place, not the experienced assemblymember polling number 1. My gut told me that no...
by Suzanne | Feb 25, 2026 | Electoral Reform, Gerrymandering
Rank choice is complicated and may discourage people from voting . Multiple area voting-that too may be controversial
