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The chaos in Brazil’s capital, along with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in the US, demonstrate that there is a key human factor in election integrity.
It may be new to Americans, but ranked-choice voting has a long history, and it is spreading rapidly across the U.S.
Many of the problems the US has with its election processes and outcomes are avoidable and don’t happen in countries with different voting laws. Australia is a great example.
If you think first past the post or the alternative vote can sort this out, dream on.
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