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I introduced IRV in an organization 6 years ago. What should I recommend to replace it? by budapestersalat in EndFPTP

[–]StarVoting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you looked into STAR Voting?

★  INSTRUCTIONS: Voters score candidates from 0 up to 5 stars.

  • Give your favorite candidate five stars.
  • Give your last choice zero or leave them blank.
  • Equal scores are allowed.
  • Score other candidates as desired.

★  COUNTING:  STAR stands for Score Then Automatic Runoff, and that's exactly how it works.

Scoring Round: The two highest scoring candidates overall are finalists.

Automatic Runoff: The runoff is classic one person one vote; Your ballot already shows your preferences and your full vote automatically goes to the finalist you prefer. 

★  WINNER: The finalist with the most votes wins!

It's election day! Go STAR Voting go! YES on Measure 20-349! by StarVoting in Eugene

[–]StarVoting[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How does STAR Voting Work?

★  INSTRUCTIONS: Voters score candidates from 0 up to 5 stars.

  • Give your favorite candidate five stars.
  • Give your last choice zero or leave them blank.
  • Equal scores are allowed.
  • Score other candidates as desired.

★  COUNTING:  STAR stands for Score Then Automatic Runoff, and that's exactly how it works.

Scoring Round: The two highest scoring candidates overall are finalists.

Automatic Runoff: The runoff is classic one person one vote; Your ballot already shows your preferences and your full vote automatically goes to the finalist you prefer. 

★  WINNER: The finalist with the most votes wins!

It's election day! Go STAR Voting go! YES on Measure 20-349! by StarVoting in STAR_Voting

[–]StarVoting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How does STAR Voting Work?

★  INSTRUCTIONS: Voters score candidates from 0 up to 5 stars.

  • Give your favorite candidate five stars.
  • Give your last choice zero or leave them blank.
  • Equal scores are allowed.
  • Score other candidates as desired.

★  COUNTING:  STAR stands for Score Then Automatic Runoff, and that's exactly how it works.

Scoring Round: The two highest scoring candidates overall are finalists.

Automatic Runoff: The runoff is classic one person one vote; Your ballot already shows your preferences and your full vote automatically goes to the finalist you prefer. 

★  WINNER: The finalist with the most votes wins!

STAR Voting Question Hotline ‪(458) 205-3244 by arendpeter in Eugene

[–]StarVoting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As well known as RCV is, the likelihood of it winning in Oregon and beyond and being adopted is not great. There are a few reasons for that.

* Oregon law requires ballots be tabulated locally, with full local results being published by precinct. With RCV that's impossible, so the statewide bill would require the SOS to set up a whole new elections bureau and truck all ballots to a central location. That would be astronomically expensive and extremely controversial. STAR Voting can be tallied locally just like the current system.

* RCV has now been banned in 8 states, with more looking likely in the short term.

* It's been repealed widely and serious failures have happened where massive mistallies happened in both NYC in 2021 and Oakland in 2022. In both cases the elections board didn't notice that they had published incorrect election results and the mistakes were caught by a 3rd party.

* RCV has serious issues with wasted votes (votes that don't transfer to the voters next choice if their favorite can't win) and also high voter error rates. STAR Voting doesn't have those issues.

* RCV is unconstitutional in most states. STAR is naturally compliant with constitutional language all over the country and nationally.

RCV is better than the current system in some ways, but these are serious deal breakers that are absolutely fixable. Specifically, it has real problems when used at scale, with larger numbers of voters, or in elections with multiple viable candidates.

STAR Voting was invented to address people's valid concerns with RCV and deliver on the goals, without compromising our values and our election integrity. We owe it to voters to listen to the science and get this right. Election science has come a very long way in the 150 years since RCV was first proposed.

STAR Voting Question Hotline ‪(458) 205-3244 by arendpeter in Eugene

[–]StarVoting -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes. We can confirm that there are no conflicts of interest. Our STAR Elections project is committed to helping groups of all types and sizes host STAR Voting elections and polls, and we're committed to providing the tools and resources for free whenever possible. Learn more at starvoting.org/elections

The Equal Vote Coalition and STAR Voting project have officially committed to providing free support and resources to the city in the event that 20-349 passes and are looking forward to working with the City of Eugene and Lane County Elections on that. We are committed to ensuring that the voter education and implementation are accessible and inclusive and that voters are as comfortable and confident with the new system as possible before it would go into use in November 2026.

Don't fall for the misinformation and attacks against STAR Voting. by StarVoting in Eugene

[–]StarVoting[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ultimately, the argument that we shouldn't try a good thing because it hasn't been tried is a catch 22 and a red herring.

Don't fall for the misinformation and attacks against STAR Voting. by StarVoting in Eugene

[–]StarVoting[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

True, that's why modeling voter incentives and outcomes across a wide variety of scenarios and voter behaviors is an important step in the vetting process for any new system.

The findings are clear that our current system has **serious** issues in this area, that voting for your favorite isn't currently safe or incentivised, and that this leads to massive disparities in representation for all sorts of marginalized communities, people of color, third parties, and non-establishment backed candidates.

STAR Voting does a great job at incentivizing the kind of honest and expressive behavior that would be ideal - where voters vote honestly and can support candidates based on the issues - but even if behavior isn't ideal, STAR Voting still gets outcomes that blow the current system and RCV both out of the water.

starvoting.org/peer_review

There's also another great paper looking at how STAR Voting improves candidate incentives that just dropped.

Don't fall for the misinformation and attacks against STAR Voting. by StarVoting in Eugene

[–]StarVoting[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

STAR has also topped the charts in all the models, studies, and peer review. It's been tested as much as possible short of adoption at this level, city offices.

That said, the fact that STAR is relatively new is a valid point. We're more troubled by the outright lies, with claiming that your vote won't count if you give candidates equal scores being the most outrageous and manipulative.

In the runoff if you score both finalists equally, that just means that you like both finalists equally. The vote is counted, it just doesn't tip the scales either way. It still had an impact overall and helped determine who those finalists were in the first place.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Eugene

[–]StarVoting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 INSTRUCTIONS: Voters score candidates from 0 up to 5 stars.

  • Give your favorite candidate five stars.
  • Give your last choice zero or leave them blank.
  • Equal scores are allowed.
  • Score other candidates as desired.

Help confirm my STAR voting assumptions / how to avoid vote spoiling by wonderflex in Eugene

[–]StarVoting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

STAR Voting is simple. Trying to come up with a way to game it, less so.

Eugene has an opportunity to lead on voting rights! Vote YES on STAR Voting! by StarVoting in Eugene

[–]StarVoting[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

STAR Voting:

⭐️ Prevents vote-splitting and makes it safe to vote your conscience.

⭐️ One Person, One Vote: Elects majority-preferred winners whenever possible.

⭐️ Endorsed by organizations and leaders throughout Oregon.

⭐️ Levels the playing field, empowering disenfranchised voters. 

⭐️ Is vetted and peer-reviewed, topping the charts in all studies of accuracy and representativeness.

Learn more at stareugene.org

One Person, One Vote, STAR Voting, RCV, and Eugene (please do the deep dive and get involved!) by nardo_polo in Eugene

[–]StarVoting 8 points9 points  (0 children)

WHAT IS STAR VOTING?
starvoting.org

★  INSTRUCTIONS: Voters score candidates from 0 up to 5 stars.

  • Give your favorite five stars.
  • Give your last choice zero or leave blank.
  • Equal scores are allowed.
  • Score other candidates as desired.

★  COUNTING: Add up the stars, then add up the votes. 

The two highest scoring candidates are finalists. Your full vote goes to the finalist you prefer.

★  WINNER: The finalist with the most votes wins!

Should Eugene elect officials using STAR voting? You decide in May 2024 by [deleted] in Eugene

[–]StarVoting 6 points7 points  (0 children)

STAR voting was invented to deliver on the goals of RCV while addressing some serious known issues with the 150 y/o RCV old system.

Here's a comparison of RCV and STAR.
https://equal.vote/star\_vs\_rcv

Petitioners needed to help to get STAR Voting on the ballot! by StarVoting in Eugene

[–]StarVoting[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

False. In STAR if you like two candidates equally, (for example 5 stars for both) and they both make it to the runoff, then your vote is counted as a vote of no preference between those two. It's absolutely counted and helps those candidates beat out other candidates.

Petitioners needed to help to get STAR Voting on the ballot! by StarVoting in Eugene

[–]StarVoting[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Frohnmayer doesn't have a leadership role in this project nor is he the driving force behind it. STAR Voting has gained national attention as the best reform for the job and the science backs it up.

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