DC Democrats argue ranked choice voting is confusing to voters in predominantly Black areas as they seek to block potential vote on implementing the system

Yeah, I agree with them. Ranked Choice voting is extremely confusing. First you have to rank the candidates in the order you prefer to win, then…oh wait, no. It’s really not confusing at all.

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This is about protecting establishment career politicians, not about what voters want and not about what they are capable of understanding.

Estblishment corporate dems 🤝 All elected republicans:

Disenfranchising the American people in the name of job security.

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Damnit democrats all I want from you is voting reform and then we can move onto better parties.

Although I guess this is them realizing that and not wanting to let go.

DNC loves calling poor people too stupid to help themselves. Insane that they don't get called out more on this.

Why would only Black Neighborhoods be confused by this? Elaborate.... No go ahead, be my guest, you brought it up, now tell me.

Goddamnit democrats. This is some republican shit.

using racist dog whistles to protect shit policies for the entrenched benefactors of said shit policies.

The system will fight to prevent systemic changes that weaken the system.

Oh no, poor people are too dumb to know that the only right choice is the corporate democrat! They might want people who represent their interest and not just some guy who will uphold the status quo!

The more I think about it this is a brilliant strategy for democrats to establish ranked choice nationally. Nothing gets a republican harder then something the democrats don't want. And if I've learned anything if conservatives want something it is all but inevitable.

"Someone could get the most votes, and not win!" McCarthy said at the time.. "So if you come in 3rd, you win. What? 'I got a lot of second votes, I got a lot of 3rd vote — what does that mean?'"

I don't think it's the "Black areas" that are getting confused about how it works. Or perhaps he's just pretending to not understand? 🤔🤔

If the dems actually cared about the voters, their primaries wouldnt be rigged.

Don't patronize your own voters. Not a good idea.

This is the same, tired argument Sarah Palin and other Republicans made here in Alaska when it didn't go their way. How stupid do you think voters are? If they're that easily confused, maybe do a better job at educating them, in say, a classroom when they're young. Maybe bring back Civics classes.

What is confusing about, " pick your favorite, pick your second favorite"? You think if you asked them the same question about ice cream, they would be confused? Also, you don't HAVE to pick more than one. My understanding is that if you vote for an eliminated candidate, then your 2nd choice will be used on the next round. But they don't even need to know that to pick their favorite ice cream. It seems good for democracy? Someone let me know why it isn't.

Remember: Democrats are just as dependent on FPTP for power as republicans

I find it interesting that politicians never seem to make this argument about taxes.

yea i like to make up complete bullshit all the time

If it's actually confusing then put in the effort to explain it better. But I seriously doubt it would confuse people.

Surely they were misquo-

Nope that's what they said. Yikes.

See, this is the sort of shit folks are talking about when they say both parties are the same.

Well well well if it isn't the hard bigotry of no expectations

Oh look - Neoliberals being racist as fuck?! Who could have possibly envisioned that?!!?

Cool that's not racist at all

Ranked choice voting is like the little brother of March Madness brackets, and plenty of people take part in that every year.

This is entirely about wanting to force strategic voting so as to not lose power for the mainstream within their own party.

Of course they do, an the Republicans as well.

They don't want to give up their power to some random amazing third party. They want to keep the power between the 2 of them.

Sounds like a racist excuse from people who want to keep their power.

Wait what? Thafuq is so hard!? 1st choice, second choice, third choice…. Seriously?

Classic Democrats, saying that blacks are too dumb to be able to vote for anybody except them.

We've been using ranked-choice for mayoral elections in my city for years. It's not confusing.

Did anyone read the article? It’s not saying ever you guys think it’s saying. The DC Democrats are saying that in two predominantly black areas, having voters pick two choices on ballots has already led to confusion and that ranked choice will lead to even worse confusion.

They’re not speculating here, they’re describing what’s already known.

then they'd have to pay more than lipservice to dc statehoood if there was a chance for a statehood candidate to win.

This reminds me of when my brother told me that black people can't be friends with racially prejudiced white people, and if they are friends with racist people then it's because the black people don't understand racism.

I did that like Stewie sitting on the couch next to Brian head turn at him and was like whaaaaaaaat?

That is absurd, what the fuck

This is my personal grudge against Newsom: he said the same thing when he vetoed ranked choice in CA. This is an establishment move, and about as racist as any Republican move.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

In a lawsuit filed earlier this month seeking to block ranked choice voting in Washington, DC, the local Democratic Party argued that implementing the system would be particularly confusing for voters in predominantly Black areas.

The 33-page lawsuit filed in DC Superior Court by the District of Columbia Democratic Party argues that implementing the voting system would violate the DC Human Rights Act, a portion of local law prohibiting discrimination.

In the complaint, the local party and its chair Charles Wilson pointed to voting patterns in Wards 7 and 8, which encompass predominantly-Black communities east of the Anacostia River.

It's been implemented in federal and state elections in both Maine and Alaska, where it arguably helped Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola pull out a victory last year and contributed to the smooth re-election of Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy trashed the system during a podcast appearance with Donald Trump Jr. in January.

And Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York recently introduced a bill to block the implementation of ranked-choice voting in Washington, DC.

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Idiots. Ranked choice voting is the only way they are going to win in some places.

"I have a similar concern for seniors and persons with disabilities,"

Gotta love the casual racism

Welp, there goes a talking point against 3rd party voting….

If Aussie bogans can figure it out Americans will have problem

It might confusingly offer a choice other than neoliberal or fascist

Do we need to do a ranked-choice vote on the next flavor of mountain dew or something so we can put this "people won't get it" argument to rest

I don't think Republicans particularly care for ranked choice either - as it is a far better gauge of popular opinion than the first past the post. However, the Democratic party is the first bulwark against actual reforms in the American system. It's not surprising they are being borderline racist in their opposition to it.

The lawsuit notes that in elections for at-large seats on the DC city council — where voters can currently choose two candidates — voters in Wards 7 and 8 are less likely to cast a second vote, a phenomenon known as "undervoting."

I don't know how useful rank choices voting would be for at-large seats. Those are usually uncontested.

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Got a minute (literally a minute)?

Lawrence O'Donnell and William Greider describe the calculations of the Democratic party in "An Unreasonable Man"

When you can win under an unrepresentative voting system even good people will feel compelled to hood onto that.

What a terrible excuse too, if you think someone is ignorant then enlighten them. Teach voting systems to the public.

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Some of yall didnt read the article and it shows.

Voting should be compulsory, like jury duty.

Democrats think it's confusing to the Black population? Sounds like the party of racism by low expectations. The same party that views voter ID as racist because black people don't know where to get an ID.

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