SF Bay Area Approves @BayAreaApproves

Hey, @GreenPartyUS and @LPNational parties. If RCV was good for you, then you would have seen better results in Maine. But you didn't. That's because RCV doesn't show your support. Here's a systematic study that shows approval voting will listen to you. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

✅ Policy ✅ Politics ✅ Practicality ✅ Price According to Benj Singer of @ShowMeIntegrity, approval voting wins on all fronts. That's why he helped get it enacted in St. Louis and hopes to see other cities do the same 🗳👍

Here's what Approval Voting will look like here. It's: Simple to understand and implement. St. Louis adopted AV in Nov, used in March: electionscience.org/press-releases… Far more representative than current ballots (or ranking): youtube.com/watch?v=7btAd1…, electionscience.github.io/vse-sim/VSEbas… /@jseattle

Approval voting is simple. Vote for all the candidates you support. The candidate with the most approval wins. That's it! And for all that simplicity, you get fairer, more representative electiosn in return. What's not to love? ✅ Learn more: bit.ly/approval101

In 2018, Fargo, ND became the first city in the US to adopt approval voting. How did they do it? It took one citizen stepping up and deciding to take action. Listen to the story and get inspired to bring better elections to your town! ✅ Learn more: bit.ly/approval101

Next Thursday, July 8, we will have a meeting in Oakland for all people interested in bringing Approval Voting to Bay Area elections. Email us if you would like an official invitation. For those that can’t physically be there, the meeting will also be on Zoom.

Check out our op-ed on approval voting in @RealClearNews / @realclearpolicy! "The soul of American democracy—the will of the people—is still there. But people need to see it to believe it. With approval voting we can—finally—let it shine through." loom.ly/y4v6Hnk

Did you catch our op-ed in @RealClearNews last week? Read on to find out why our Director of Campaigns and Advocacy argues that approval voting can help reveal the soul of our nation and restore faith in elections. @realclearpolicy loom.ly/y4v6Hnk

Did you miss our deep dive last week with Ka-Ping Yee where we discussed his Yee Diagrams depicting voter behavior under different voting methods? Check out the recording below! @zestyping loom.ly/omiMpEY

Thanks to your support, voters in St. Louis got to use approval voting for the first time yesterday! The result? Two candidates advance to the April runoff with strong support 👍 Also there was an average of 1.56 votes per ballots! Full results here: loom.ly/TGJxAWw

@leedrutman The REAL problem with approval voting is that we don't have it absolutely everywhere!

The results are in for St. Louis's first ever approval voting primary! In the Mayoral race, the top vote-getter received over 50% of the vote. The top two will go on to an April runoff. Results here: graphics.stltoday.com/apps/elections…

St. Louis's first approval voting election is right around the corner! And it couldn't be easier. Simply vote for as many names as you approve of in the primary. That's it! The top-two vote-getters will go to a runoff.

#Approvalvoting can help bridge the partisan divide and elect leaders that will tackle the many issues we face as a nation. loom.ly/w2U-Ho4

Approval voting isn't about helping any particular party. It's about making sure that elections truly represent the will of the people. That's why Austinites from across the spectrum are coming together to advocate for #approvalvoting in #Austin loom.ly/vPwVitg

6 million+ people live in the #BayArea. If they knew about approval voting, we believe they'd be knocking down the door to get it adopted. That's why #approvalvoting advocates in the Bay applied for a CES grant. W/ your support, we can fund these efforts: electionscience.org/commentary-ana…

Vote splitting has been going on since we adopted Choose-One voting when the country began.

In the November 2020 election for Santa Clara County, there were 12 races with more than 2 candidates. Ten were decided with vote splits. Approval Voting would easily solve this problem. Please add comments if you know of races in your county that were decided this way.

St. Louis Adopts Approval Voting! electionscience.org/press-releases…