An issue is on the ballot in Minneapolis for Instant Runoff Voting. Instead of primaries, voters rank their choices on a ballot on election day. Here's my thing, I'm not totally sure I understand the negatives to this idea. There must be some or we would have done it sooner.
Here's a hilarious, although biased, video on instant runoff voting:
I also found an article about IRV in San Fransisco which adopted it a couple of years ago.
Finally, I found a poorly done website trying to teach me the ills of IRV. I wish there was a better website listing the arguments against Instant Runoff Voting so I could make a more informed choice.
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Glad you've flagged this charter amendment. It's a really important vote there in Minneapolis. A couple thoughts that might help, with both suggesting "IRV" is a wave of the future.
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2. Exit polls in San Francisco show that people under 30 prefer their new IRV system to their old runoff system by a -- yes -- greater than eight to one margin. The margin is four to one for all voters.