Note: Maine has employed the reviled Ranked Choice Voting system for several election cycles. On November 8, 2016 Maine voters approved Question 5 and became the first state to enact ranked-choice voting for statewide elections for governor, state legislature, and Congress.
One wonders, since Mainers resisted several previous attempts in the Maine legislature to enact ranked-choice voting, also referred to as instant-runoff voting. These attempts date back to the 120th Legislature (2001). Outcome legit or rigged?
Captain K Thumps Ranked Choice Voting in the Tropics
Topic: Elections
CAPT. SETH KESHEL AUG 9, 2023
For my March visit to Hawaii, featuring events on Kauai and Oahu, I was asked to provide a block of instruction regarding Ranked Choice Voting, which is beginning to take root in some states and is being pushed heavily as another means of gaming the system in favor of establishment-endorsed candidates.
In Honolulu, at an event sponsored by Audit the Vote Hawaii, I presented 10 points against this practice, which is also called Instant Runoff Voting (IRV).
You can find the entire segment here, shot in brilliant detail by local patriot Andy Crossland.
Embedded in this post, you will find a short of this video edited by Paul Fleuret, which can easily be shared with your friends who want to understand why this new method is problematic in the age of easily manipulated election outcomes.
Enjoy.
This shouldn’t be rocket science. That’s what the cheaters want, complicate the process as much as possible to dissuade people from voting. Simplify, simplify, simplify!! One person, one vote, paper ballots, hand counted, same day voting, results same day!