[Lnc-business] drama over RCV in Maine

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Very interesting choice of "rank voting" in some places which purposefully
seems to make the reader think of stinky and "ranked voting" in others.

I think a couple of interesting points though were raised - why is the
software proprietary?  I don't think wanting to inspect the software is
unreasonable, and I could see the LP making that request in certain
situations.  My second question is that is it correct that the spoiled
votes are not only not reallocated but are they thrown out of the total
needed so that the winner truly can hypothetically not have 50% plus one of
the voter numbers that showed up on election day?  Those two points I think
were valid concerns.

The rest is hysterical fear mongering and "people are too stupid to figure
this out" language.

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 11:44 PM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

>    I thought you would enjoy the vocabulary choices in this article
>    portraying Maine's ranked choice voting as being some dirty trick.  I
>    like the talk about the scary proprietary algorithm that decides how
>    the votes are re-allocated in round 2.
>    [1]https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/05/gop-winner-in-maine-02
>    -now-declared-loser-due-to-rank-voting/
>    Of course, if the tables were turned, and the Democrat had the
>    plurality but lost to the Republican in runoff rounds, the Democrats
>    would be making the same complaints.
>    -Alicia
>
> References
>
>    1.
> https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/05/gop-winner-in-maine-02-now-declared-loser-due-to-rank-voting/
>


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   Very interesting choice of "rank voting" in some places which
   purposefully seems to make the reader think of stinky and "ranked
   voting" in others.
   I think a couple of interesting points though were raised - why is the
   software proprietary?  I don't think wanting to inspect the software is
   unreasonable, and I could see the LP making that request in certain
   situations.  My second question is that is it correct that the spoiled
   votes are not only not reallocated but are they thrown out of the total
   needed so that the winner truly can hypothetically not have 50% plus
   one of the voter numbers that showed up on election day?  Those two
   points I think were valid concerns.
   The rest is hysterical fear mongering and "people are too stupid to
   figure this out" language.

   On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 11:44 PM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business
   <[1]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

        I thought you would enjoy the vocabulary choices in this article
        portraying Maine's ranked choice voting as being some dirty
     trick.  I
        like the talk about the scary proprietary algorithm that decides
     how
        the votes are re-allocated in round 2.

     [1][2]https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/05/gop-winner-in-ma
     ine-02
        -now-declared-loser-due-to-rank-voting/
        Of course, if the tables were turned, and the Democrat had the
        plurality but lost to the Republican in runoff rounds, the
     Democrats
        would be making the same complaints.
        -Alicia
     References
        1.
     [3]https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/05/gop-winner-in-maine
     -02-now-declared-loser-due-to-rank-voting/

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   Fed * End Corporate & Individual Welfare * Abolish The IRS and Repeal
   the Income Tax * Privatize Transportation Infrastructure * Free-market
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   The Private Sector * Eliminate Regulation *
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References

   1. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
   2. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/05/gop-winner-in-maine-02
   3. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/05/gop-winner-in-maine-02-now-declared-loser-due-to-rank-voting/
   4. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
   5. http://facebook.com/pinkflameofliberty/
   6. http://www.lp.org/