Reasons to vote no to Ranked Choice Voting -
Too Complicated & Confusing
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Disenfranchises Voters
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Does Not Increase Voter Turnout
FairVote promises increased voter turnout. Not true!
EXAMPLE:
Mpls voted traditionally 1993-2005 with a 30-45% participation rate.
Mpls in 2009- first RCV year the voter participation rate was 20%
Mpls in 2013 - when the city geared up for a 75% participation rate, only 33% showed up to the polls.
Does Not Save Taxpayer $$$
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Is Not More Democratic
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Is Not One Person/One Vote
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Creates Significant Ballot Exhaustion
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RCV encourages collusion!
RCV encourages candidates to negotiate with one another for ranking and position without knowledge to the voting public. When it is discovered, the city will incur additional costs with court challenges and recounts.
Here's a great example of what Fairvote believes is positive campaigning.
With all the endless issues in Bloomington, do we need this too?
Oakland - 2010