This story explains that over half of all Alaska ballots still haven’t been counted. The uncounted ballots are the postal ballots. Therefore, it is too early to know if the top-four initiative passed or not.
Currently top-four has 81,048 in support, and 105,161 against.
Is there no point to a top four system when four or less candidates run in the primary?
You are correct. But for Governor, US Senate, and US House, there are generally more than 4 candidates in a primary. In 2018 there were seven Republicans running for Governor in the Republican primary.
I hope it does not pass.
NOOO primaries.
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EQUAL NOM PETS
PR AND APPV — PENDING CONDORCET
TOTSOP
Why do you want to eat pets, psychopath?
from a danish point of view, the fact that you start counting postal votes one week after the election is very esotic. In Denmark, postal votes are actually the first thing you count, they are ready at the polling station on election day and postal votes must be cast 3 days before the election.
Ranked choice voting would dispense will all the “top-two” “top-four” or whatever nonsense to fix the primary system, but apparently it’s too esoteric for most voters, unless you’re a farmer or fisherman from Maine.
All pets are equal but some are more equal than others. Nom nom.
No single-winner election districts will bring the correct unifying phenomena in politics except pure proportional representation (PPR). The United Coalition USA has been using it since April and PPR works fine.
The new PPR Caucus is wishing everyone Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Typo. Meant to write “using it since April 1st 1995”.
April 1st seems appropriate.