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?