We encourage South Dakota cities, counties and the state to adopt ranked choice voting. 🗳
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Learn more about our mission to bring #rankedchoicevoting 🗳 to South Dakota by checking out our founder @JoeKirby31’s op-ed in @DakotaStandard this week:
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Maybe ranked choice voting would have been a better way for Democrats to express their views in the crowded 2020 presidential primary?
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On this Presidents Day weekend, consider whether ranking is a better way for voters to express their preferences when there are multiple choices, such as in the 2016 Republican primary.
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Here is our recent ranked choice voting presentation to the Vermillion, SD Rotary group. youtube.com/watch?v=70M3--Jz…
Fascinating talk about RCV at the Vermillion chamber last week by Jeanelle Lust and Taly Bialostocki! Please give it a listen and share! fb.watch/aPMaDrePU4/
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#RankedChoiceVoting isn't 'new' or 'unusual' anymore. Millions of Americans have used it, and soon it will be the norm in our elections. bit.ly/3rED7Dc
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Educating and exciting civic and political groups about #RankedChoiceVoting is extremely valuable for building the support needed for municipal and eventual statewide RCV enactment. Dave & Joe from @sd4rcv pictured here discussing RCV with a local Rotary Club.
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🍎Represent Women knows that Ranked Choice Voting elects more women to office. Just look at what happened in 2021 New York City Council races: the share of women jumped from 28% to 61% - electing more women of color and Republican women in the same election.
Plurality voting tends to produce single party dominance and leaders less open to a wider range of perspectives and concerns.
Fargo got fed up with plurality voting and in 2018 adopted an approval voting system. While we think ranked choice is superior, both avoid runoffs and other shortcomings of plurality voting. vox.com/future-perfect/2018/…
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This year's elections saw several big races decided with less than a majority of the vote, making the case for #RankedChoiceVoting clearer than ever. Read @FairVoteAction's analysis: bit.ly/3FgS4m6
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#RankedChoiceVoting "means candidates will be incentivized to find commonalities with each other rather than simply hurl insults. The result? More civil campaigns with greater focus on issues." @WSSeattleNews bit.ly/308UILw
Did you know some states use #RankedChoiceVoting 🗳 for military members abroad?
Otherwise, military members would have no say in the outcome of runoff elections. When we #rankthevote, we enfranchise all military members who are overseas.
Happy Veteran’s Day! 🇺🇸
Ranked choice voting in the Virginia Republican primary produced an electable conservative who prevailed in a state Biden easily won. realclearpolicy.com/articles…
Virginia Republicans used ranked choice for the first time to select their candidates for the state's top three offices. Their nominees — Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Sears, and Jason Miyares — swept the elections for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Coincidence?
Utah cities are using #RankedChoiceVoting in their elections this week - why not #SouthDakota? 🗳 kuer.org/politics-government…
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"There is an increasing tendency for negative campaigning. In a ranked choice system, you have to be more worried about offending your opponent’s voters, so there will be a little more civility" -fmr South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Dave Knudson @sd4rcv bit.ly/3jAFEwX
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Shoutout to our friends in South Dakota who are working to upgrade our democracy with #RankedChoiceVoting 🥳 @sd4rcv
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