Ranked-Choice Voting with a Twist
Ranked-Choice Voting
The Elected Together Voting System uses Ranked-Choice voting, but with a twist. Instead of only electing the top vote getter, within the Elected Together system, we double the size of house districts and elect the top two vote getters. Those elected then split the power of their two votes in office in accordance with the percentage of votes they received.
I found that the linked video shows a good explanation of Rank-Choice voting. In watching it, just keep in mind that with the Elected Together System the top two vote getters are elected.
The Problem
While in theory more voters will be represented in office by someone closer to their own beliefs when using Ranked-Choice voting, it is still a winner-takes-all election system. As such, many people within a voting district will end up not being represented by someone they want representing them.
In this example, the purple voters, 45% of those voting, will have no voice in the governing of our society after the election is over. And I believe that is a problem.
The Solution
By changing to the Elected Together form of Ranked-Choice voting, all voters will represented by someone closer to who they want to have representing them.
If we double the size of house district, and elect the top two individuals from that district to represent us, (each voter can only vote for one candidate) the purple voters would find themselves with someone representing them who has voting power of .9 votes in office. While the person representing the green voters would have a voting power of 1.1 votes in office.
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