Is it time to make Election Day a federal holiday? 🗳️ Some say it would boost voter turnout and align the U.S. with other democracies, while others argue it could create challenges for hourly workers and cost millions. Dive into the debate over whether a federal voting holiday is the best way to strengthen democracy or if there are better solutions. Check out the full breakdown!

https://ace-usa.org/blog/research/research-votingrights/should-election-day-become-a-federal-holiday-weighing-the-benefits-and-drawbacks/

  • There are many better systems than RCV, but if has two things going for it:

    1. Already some momentum. It’s already implemented widely (if not commonly) in the US and other countries.
    2. It’s easy for people to understand, which is critical for trust, and possible to hand count if necessary.

    With all due respect to Veritasium, perfect here is definitely the enemy of good. RCV is maybe the least good of many better-than-FPTP options, and has flaws; however, any argument for doing better than RCV based on “it has flaws” will always end up with arguing that we should use the Condorcet method, which would be impossible to approve and possibly impossible to implement.

    The next best thing to RCV is far less of an improvement over RCV than RCV is over FPTP. I’d rather have STAR, but all of these options are broadly unknown, difficult to explain, and more complex to execute by hand than RCV. I’d rather have something, than stay stuck on FPTP.