We definitely shouldn't be changing anything until after the election is done. I proposed this after learning that the vote counting process was completely different from what many of us thought it would be.
And just to clear the air, I was winning when this was proposed. In fact, it would have hurt me at the time. But I'm more interested in having a coherent preferential ballot, than winning an election. Right now, you're punished if your first choice wins the first spot. I don't think that's right. We ask people to list their preferences and tell them there'll be two winners. But then some people don't get to have a say in who the second winner is, because they voted for a popular candidate.
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2017, 09:49 AM by sandaoguo.)
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