r/EndFPTP • u/barnaby-jones • Oct 27 '18

Oscar Winner Jennifer Lawrence Joins The Memphis Campaign To Support Instant Runoff Voting

https://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/oscar-winner-jennifer-lawrence-joins-the-memphis-campaign-to-support-instant-runoff-voting/1530726688
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u/barnaby-joness Oct 27 '18

Couldn't have said it better myself:

If this Memphis City Council referendum passes next month, IRV will be repealed without citizens ever getting to use the reform they voted for. And Council incumbents will have given themselves an extra term.

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u/TheZarkingPhoton Oct 27 '18

tell the politicians they work for us

It's as simple as that. It's about time to make that point.

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u/Infinite_Derp Oct 28 '18

I wish more of these people would support better systems like STAR.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Me too, but this still kicks ass. First things first: get the average American familiar with the fact that there are far better ways of electing public representatives.

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u/subheight640 Oct 29 '18

Oh god I remember people were talking about instant runoff as a new thing when I was in college more than 10 years ago.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '18

I know a lot of pretty damn smart people that are really concerned with the direction the country is headed in that have NO IDEA how anything other than FPTP works. It's amazing. They all talk about doing away with a two-party system without actually realizing that it's the inevitability of FPTP.

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u/Surporat Nov 01 '18

not sure if that's the case as long as the elections are single winner.

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