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ColinC

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30. Which is what the "exhaustion" represented in RCV

Reply to dsc (Reply #29)

Tue Sep 6, 2022, 07:13 PM

Sep 2022

RCV increases turnout because it allows people to vote for more options. But it doesn't likely change the results if those options aren't available vs a more traditional system. This fact, I think, favors Peltola overall.

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Right but anybody who has Peltola as the second choice to begich would just vote peltola ColinC Sep 2022 #23

they might stay home and not vote at all dsc Sep 2022 #29

Which is what the "exhaustion" represented in RCV ColinC Sep 2022 #30

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