no one fucking told me about states banning RCV during all that yapping on here about how i should VOTE THIRD PARTY OR ELSE IM COMPLICIT in the DNCs CRIMES

it may or may not be joever, very blackpilled at this moment

edit it’s actually 10 states. 5 in the past two months.

    • AeonFelis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Let’s say Alice has a lead of one vote over Bob.

      • If one Alice voter decided to vote for Bob instead - Bob will have a lead of one vote.
      • If two Alice voters decide to abstain from voting - Bob will also have a lead of one vote.

      Two non-voters are equivalent to one voter switching sides. Therefore - one non-vote is equivalent to half a vote for the opponent.

          • PeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.world
            11·
            5 months ago

            but it doesn’t. it isn’t counted at all. this is mental gymnastics that leads to actual election misinformation. stop.

            • AeonFelis@lemmy.world
              2·
              5 months ago

              it isn’t counted at all

              Puns are not valid arguments. If broke into a ballot box (for the same of the argument, let’s ignore all the security measures) and took out all the votes for the candidate I didn’t like, these votes will literally won’t be counted. Does that mean my action doesn’t count?

                • AeonFelis@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  5 months ago

                  The pun is about the double meaning of the word “count”:

                  1. The literal act of measuring the number of instances of a certain thing. In our case - whether the people working the election will physically be able to count the physical vote (or digitally. This is about the concept in general, not about a particular voting mechanism)
                  2. A contribution toward something. In our case - the fact the votes were stolen affects the outcome, so it counts toward changing the result.

                  So what am I lying about exactly? I’ve presented an hypothetical case, and made two claims about it:

                  • That the stolen votes will not get counted (in the first meaning of the word)
                  • That my action counts (in the second meaning of the word)

                  Which of these claim is incorrect?

                  • PeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.world
                    11·
                    5 months ago

                    I thought we were talking about counting votes the whole time. I’m not interested in helping you with your mental gymnastics routine.