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J. J.
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« on: November 15, 2018, 01:24:01 PM »

Roberts' dissent was only based on redistricting.

The "one person one vote" argument is not just hilariously flawed, there's a ton of state legislatures, city councils and school boards that use multi member districts and allow for more than one vote. I cast two votes for Minneapolis school board last week. Poliquin's argument there is fundamentally absurd.

Multi-member districts are bit different.  In most places you can only cast one vote for one individual.  In IRV, there is a ranking,so you are actually voting for more than one individual.

That said, I'd need to hear a strong argument for IRV to be unconstitutional before I'd go that way.  It its face, it seems constitutional.
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J. J.
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2018, 06:29:46 AM »

Roberts' dissent was only based on redistricting.

The "one person one vote" argument is not just hilariously flawed, there's a ton of state legislatures, city councils and school boards that use multi member districts and allow for more than one vote. I cast two votes for Minneapolis school board last week. Poliquin's argument there is fundamentally absurd.

Multi-member districts are bit different.  In most places you can only cast one vote for one individual.  In IRV, there is a ranking,so you are actually voting for more than one individual.

That said, I'd need to hear a strong argument for IRV to be unconstitutional before I'd go that way.  It its face, it seems constitutional.

Really now, I know Maryland and Arizona have been using MMD state house districts for a while now where you get x votes, where x is equal to the number of candidates who rep the seat. I believe there are other states that do it this way as well.

Can you cast "x votes" for the same candidate? 
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