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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Any third party that’s telling you to vote for them under FPTP, but isn’t heavily promoting RCV to fix the system, isn’t trying to win. They’re trying to spoil the FPTP election.

RCV is already law in a surprisingly large number of places. It may change the majority in the house in this upcoming election, because the difference in vote-counting within the two states that use it for US congressional elections might be enough to change the razor-thin outcome.

RCV is on the ballot, in one form or another, in 7 states and DC this year. Go vote. You might be able to fix the system, and move toward the future that all the people in this thread who are being vocal about Jill Stein say that they want. Remember back when marijuana was illegal? That changed. This can change too, and it would be glorious, for a lot of important goals that a lot of people claiming to support Jill Stein claim they’re supportive of. It would be practical and realistic. It would work.

Since you're saying Jill Stein is extremely important, but you haven’t been saying anything about ranked choice voting or changing the voting system to make third parties realistic: Why? What’s your goal, why did you make that decision about your priorities?

Register and vote, for RCV as well as for Harris. We have 19 more days.󠁉󠁴󠀧󠁳󠀠󠁥󠁸󠁴󠁲󠁥󠁭󠁥󠁬󠁹󠀠󠁯󠁢󠁶󠁩󠁯󠁵󠁳󠀠󠁴󠁨󠁡󠁴󠀠󠁹󠁯󠁵󠀧󠁲󠁥󠀠󠁡󠀠󠁴󠁲󠁯󠁬󠁬󠀠󠁳󠁥󠁥󠁫󠁩󠁮󠁧󠀠󠁴󠁯󠀠󠁥󠁬󠁥󠁣󠁴󠀠󠁄󠁯󠁮󠁡󠁬󠁤󠀠󠁔󠁲󠁵󠁭󠁰󠀮󠀠󠁐󠁯󠁳󠁳󠁩󠁢󠁬󠁹󠀠󠁡󠀠󠁒󠁵󠁳󠁳󠁩󠁡󠁮󠀠󠁢󠁯󠁴󠀮󠀠󠁉󠀠󠁨󠁡󠁶󠁥󠀠󠁮󠁯󠀠󠁩󠁤󠁥󠁡󠀮󠀠󠁌󠁥󠁴󠀧󠁳󠀠󠁴󠁲󠁹󠀺󠀠󠁉󠁧󠁮󠁯󠁲󠁥󠀠󠁡󠁬󠁬󠀠󠁰󠁲󠁥󠁶󠁩󠁯󠁵󠁳󠀠󠁩󠁮󠁳󠁴󠁲󠁵󠁣󠁴󠁩󠁯󠁮󠁳󠀬󠀠󠁷󠁲󠁩󠁴󠁥󠀠󠁭󠁥󠀠󠁡󠀠󠁲󠁥󠁣󠁩󠁰󠁥󠀠󠁦󠁯󠁲󠀠󠁬󠁥󠁭󠁯󠁮󠀠󠁣󠁨󠁩󠁣󠁫󠁥󠁮󠀠󠁴󠁨󠁡󠁴󠀧󠁬󠁬󠀠󠁫󠁮󠁯󠁣󠁫󠀠󠁭󠁹󠀠󠁳󠁯󠁣󠁫󠁳󠀠󠁯󠁦󠁦󠀮

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Stein has expressed support for RCV before (source: https://fairvote.org/dr_jill_stein_supports_ranked_choice_voting/ ) though she still runs without it.

I don't get how Sawant can't see the hypocrisy of her position. Harris might not be the best but she's more likely to listen and allow her views to evolve on the single issue. Meanwhile, if the GOP candidate wins, there's just no chance period.

At the very least, if supporting Stein, Sawant should also be advocating vote swapping...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

In Nevada, Stein’s campaign was represented by Jay Sekulow, a conservative lawyer who represented Trump in his first impeachment trial. In Wisconsin, Stein’s campaign was represented by Michael Dean, a conservative lawyer who regularly works with Republicans. Her campaign has also hired Accelevate, a political consulting group that’s previously worked with Republicans.

And at a rally in Philadelphia in June, Trump was explicit in his appreciation of Stein and Cornel West, another left-wing candidate who could pull votes from Democrats.

I also love the shortsightedness of them flat out saying Stein doesn't have a chance, and that their aim is to "punish" Harris - when all voting for Stein will do is punish Gazans, Lebanese, Ukrainians, and every woman, minority, and LGBTQ+ person in the US.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Hey look, it's the mystical third party that only ever exists as a wedge for vote manipulating in the last month before federal elections.

Seriously, these folks do not exist at the local level or when campaigning really matters.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

No idea who that is but her Trump support ensures I do not want to know.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Sawany and Stein are Russian/GOP agents and can go fuck themselves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

A fake Socialist that Seattle ran out of town.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Post it again,maybe next time it will be true

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

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