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Fundraiser to Switch Missouri to Approval Voting (actionnetwork.org)

submitted 1 year ago by OofShoot to c/politics

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If this counts as advertising, just let me know and I'll take down the post.

I'm collecting donations to fund a referendum campaign to switch Missouri to Freedom Voting (AKA Approval Voting). This is being organized by Missouri Agrees and the donations are being facilitated by the Action Network and Show Me Integrity. Link to donate here.

We're aiming for $1.2 million by Saturday July 1st and this is an all-or-nothing affair. If we meet our funding goal, the signature campaign for the reference goes ahead. If we don't, everyone gets their money back. Now here's the good news, any of the fundraisers up to Molly's fundraiser will get you a 3:1 power multiplier. For every dollar you donate their in the link they donate a dollar AND an anonymous third person will donate one too.

Now at this point you might be wondering, what the heck is Freedom Voting anyway? Great question, I'm glad you asked. Here we go:

Vote for everyone you like.
Most votes wins.
That's it.

Why is it called Freedom Voting? Well, because it gives you the freedom to vote for everyone you like, instead of having to choose only one. You can no longer waste your vote on a minor candidate, because voting for them doesn't stop you from voting for anyone else. It's also called Approval Voting because the fundamental question is "do you approve of this candidate or not?"

Of course, it fixes loads of problems with our current system. No more spoilers, fewer invalid ballots, representative results both in theory and real life, and it's always safe to vote for your favorite, no matter what. Simply put, people love it.

If you guys have any questions just let me know, I'm happy to chat!

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[–] TootSweet@latte.isnot.coffee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is the aim to make this happen for all elections in which Missourians vote, or just for elections of state and local offices or what?

Also, are there other states that have done this? It looks like Fargo and St. Louis do approval voting (or at least a variation of it) but if this happened it would make Missouri the first state to do this, yes? (Though, it looks like Maine and Alaska use some form of ranked choice voting.)

This all looks great whatever the case. It would be awesome to see this happen.

[–] OofShoot 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It would change every election that Missouri folks vote in, no matter what kind. The process would be by state constitutional amendment through referendum. You can take a look at the plain-English version of the amendment proposal here, by clicking the link inside. I didn't want to link directly to it because for some reason they have the bill inside a PDF.

You're correct on your research about other alternative voting systems in the US. Missouri would be the first. Missouri would also be the first to change all elections to an alternative system, which would be a big win. Maine still uses "choose one" for state offices and Alaska still uses "choose one" for primaries. Since Missouri is going for a constitutional amendment, they can go for the whole hog without any issue.