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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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[–] OofShoot 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hah, I know! The biggest drawback is that Approval/Freedom Voting doesn't have a good name! I would have named it Binary Voting, since you can think of it as voting yes/no on every candidate, but even then I'm not sure how good a name that is.

But hell, if naming it 🦅Freedom Voting🦅 is what gets us voting reform? I'm all for it.

Personally, I don't think any voting system is enough to break the duopoly, you need to have multi-seat and/or proportional representation, but it's a good first step. Approval is great for single-winner elections and it's very easy to tweak for multi-winner and proportional elections, so it's a no-brainer when you're thinking multiple steps ahead.

[–] TechyDad 3 points 1 year ago

I love calling it freedom voting because this means that we can claim that any opponents are against "freedom and voting."

Republicans have done this for decades using "freedom," "Patriotism," and other terms. They can try to pass a bill to allow straight white Christians to discriminate against anyone they want and will call it the "Increasing Freedom Bill." Then, they'll say that any Democrats voting against it obviously hate freedom.

Time to give them a little of their own medicine.