User blog:The Terrible Travis/Proposal 9: Ranked-Choice-Voting

In recent proposals, some users have allowed voters to choose from a variety of different options instead of the traditional Support or Oppose model. An example of a proposal that utilizes this system can be seen here. An advantage of this multiple-choice system is that it allows voters to take a more nuanced stance, whereas in the traditonal model they're forced to take a rather black-and-white, all-or-nothing stance. One disadvantage of the system, however, is that it allows for splitting of the vote.

What do I mean by this? Well, let me give you an example. In the example listed above, Kelpy allowed four options for users to pick from: one in which Ponyo retains all her powers (Option A), one in which only her bureaucratic powers are removed (Option B), one in which both her bureaucratic and administrative powers are removed (Option C), and one in which all of her powers are removed (Option D).

Let's say Option A recieves 40% of the vote, while the other options all recieve 20% each. Option A would win in this scenario, despite the fact that 60% of users voted to have Ponyo demoted in some way while only 40% voted to have her keep all her powers. This is why I'm proposing that from now on, all proposals that utilize the multiple-choice model rather than the traditional model must operate under a ranked-choice-voting system rather than first-past-the-post.

To learn more about how ranked-choice-voting works, see here.

Please state whether you support, oppose, or are neutral towards this proposal in the comments. Votes will be tallied and the result will be decided on May 4th.

Fuck FPTP. RCV FTW. (talk) 06:36, April 27, 2017 (UTC)