Ranked Choice Ballot Initiative

[writerkit]

Apparently MA has joined the 21st century and is allowing online ballot petitions. They're petitioning to get ranked choice voting onto the ballot as a ballot question.

This ballot question sadly doesn't implement it for presidential elections, but using it *anywhere* and proving that it works is a first step, and Maine's already got it running. (We led the nation in gay marriage; let's lead the nation in this too!) If you're an MA voter, you can sign it here:

https://sign.voterchoice2020.org/

Comments

[elusiveat]

Thank you! Signed.

Is there some way to tell that this is a legitimate petition? I trust voterchoice2020.org, but I don't know how I would know the difference between actual petitions and "let's find another way to pester potential donor" sites. Any ideas?

[writerkit]

Not that I'm aware of? I was already somewhat familiar with the Voter Choice people before. They do allow you not to submit your email address, which I would assume is a positive sign in most situations.

But really, can you *ever* be sure it's a legitimate petition? Even in person?

[jducoeur]

Yeah, I really like this one. (I signed it a day or two ago.) There's every reason to believe that ranked choice voting would have positive effects on the outcomes of elections, so I'd love to see this movement continue to gather steam...

[squirrelitude]

Frustratingly, they've set the Docusign petition to only accept hand-drawn signatures, which... I really can't do with this mouse. Not and have it be recognizable as a signature. I've emailed them to check in about this.

[squirrelitude]

Update: Turns out you can just put in your initials. :-)