• WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Here’s an engineer’s solution: raise the threshold for the number of signatures required to get on the ballot, and don’t let someone sign a petition for more than one candidate for a given race.

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      don’t let someone sign a petition for more than one candidate for a given race.

      This would be so much overhead work and also defeat the purpose of Ranked Choice Voting. This basically moves the First Past the Post earlier in the process, which will exclude candidates