ranked choice voting came up as a ballot measure in MA a while back and here i was under the impression that it went through and i was just waiting for it to be implemented (it has taken until now for me to actually confirm that no, it was voted down) which is... such a bummer honestly.
yeah it's curious too because Massachusetts is the sort of place you'd expect it to pass--but i think a lot of people probably just didn't care much for electoral reform when it came up for a vote. maybe if it was on the ballot this year it'd pass, idk.
funny enough here it's an open question of, if this initiative passes, when it'd actually apply. there's a weird state law snafu where you--to simplify a bit--can't use RCV statewide without several jurisdictions "studying" it and affirming it first. so although our current governor is willing to try and accommodate the result, it seems really unlikely it'll start applying in 2026 (when it's intended to). but he's term-limited in 2026, so maybe his successor will blow it up.
(i'm generally confident though that if it passes, eventually the changeover will happen. and i'm content with that)
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Date: 2024-09-15 02:58 am (UTC)yeah it's curious too because Massachusetts is the sort of place you'd expect it to pass--but i think a lot of people probably just didn't care much for electoral reform when it came up for a vote. maybe if it was on the ballot this year it'd pass, idk.
funny enough here it's an open question of, if this initiative passes, when it'd actually apply. there's a weird state law snafu where you--to simplify a bit--can't use RCV statewide without several jurisdictions "studying" it and affirming it first. so although our current governor is willing to try and accommodate the result, it seems really unlikely it'll start applying in 2026 (when it's intended to). but he's term-limited in 2026, so maybe his successor will blow it up.
(i'm generally confident though that if it passes, eventually the changeover will happen. and i'm content with that)