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·
        7 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·
              7 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·
                7 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·
                    7 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?