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https://www.weaselzippers.us/402589-computer-algorithm-will-decide-whether-a-democrat-unseats-republican-in-maine/
Redistribution of votes.
Via Daily Mail:
The election drew to a close last week in most places but not in fishing villages, potato farms and vast tracts of wilderness that comprise Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
The four-way political battle won’t conclude until a computer algorithm has the final say this week on whether Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin wins re-election or is ousted by Democratic state lawmaker Jared Golden.
It is one of 13 undecided House seats.
The new way of voting in which all candidates are ranked on a ballot made its national debut in U.S. House and Senate races in Maine.
Under the system, a candidate wins with a majority of first-place votes. If there’s no majority, the last-place candidate’s second-place votes are reallocated to remaining candidates. The computerized process can be repeated until there’s a winner.
Across the country, voting reform advocates are watching as the system faces its biggest test in the most expensive race in Maine history.
‘This will either fuel the adoption of ranked-choice voting in other jurisdictions, or it will stop it in its tracks,’ said Corey Cook, dean of the School of Public Service at Boise State University, who has studied 100 elections that used the system.
Read further at weasel zippers link, or the Daily Mail Link.
Nevermind the cheating with the DemoRat scum.
With this technology.. what's the point of voting if DATA from Star Trek is going to decide for us.
https://www.weaselzippers.us/402589-computer-algorithm-will-decide-whether-a-democrat-unseats-republican-in-maine/
Redistribution of votes.
Via Daily Mail:
The election drew to a close last week in most places but not in fishing villages, potato farms and vast tracts of wilderness that comprise Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
The four-way political battle won’t conclude until a computer algorithm has the final say this week on whether Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin wins re-election or is ousted by Democratic state lawmaker Jared Golden.
It is one of 13 undecided House seats.
The new way of voting in which all candidates are ranked on a ballot made its national debut in U.S. House and Senate races in Maine.
Under the system, a candidate wins with a majority of first-place votes. If there’s no majority, the last-place candidate’s second-place votes are reallocated to remaining candidates. The computerized process can be repeated until there’s a winner.
Across the country, voting reform advocates are watching as the system faces its biggest test in the most expensive race in Maine history.
‘This will either fuel the adoption of ranked-choice voting in other jurisdictions, or it will stop it in its tracks,’ said Corey Cook, dean of the School of Public Service at Boise State University, who has studied 100 elections that used the system.
Read further at weasel zippers link, or the Daily Mail Link.
Nevermind the cheating with the DemoRat scum.
With this technology.. what's the point of voting if DATA from Star Trek is going to decide for us.
