Skeezix
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Ranked choice, Di Ciano said, suffers “democratic short comings.” It’s complicated, produces drastic increases in voter error by disadvantaged, ethnic and elderly voters, it is costly, requires massive public education campaigns and complex voting machines.
Why do some people assume voters are stupid, particularly senior, poor and non-English speaking voters? If you're a certain age, below a certain income level, or have a mother language other than English, you're presumably too dumb to understand the ballot, and in this case in particular, the concept of ranking. (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) It's the same ridiculous assumption advocates of term limits make - that voters are inherently too stupid to be trusted.