STAR Voting vs Ranked Choice Voting

Our partner, Good Gov LA, brings together people interested in healthier democracy.  There are many techniques we can use for this in Los Angeles, including public funding for elections,  participatory budgeting and others.

On October 15, we will focus on how we can upgrade the voting system at its root.

The “first past the post” voting system we are all familiar with has inherent flaws which lead to more polarized races, strategic voting by voters rather than expressing their true preference, and often result in the election of a representative who the majority of voters don’t support.

Many cities and states are looking to replace traditional voting with methods that encourage honest voting, allow more competitive candidates to run, promote positive campaigns and most importantly, elect candidates that actually represent the will of the people.

Two of the methods gaining traction to achieve these results are  Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and STAR Voting

At this event, we will hear presentations from both STAR and RCV champions and then we will open it up for questions from the audience.

We welcome anyone interested in improving the health of our democracy.

This event is hosted by Good Gov LA, a coalition of groups and individuals working toward better democracy.

Speakers

Steve Chessin is the President of Californians for Electoral Reform.  https://cfer.org/

Arend Castelein is the chair of the Los Angeles chapter of Equal Vote. He also has a background in software engineering, and has led development of Equal Vote’s web applications, including bettervoting.com and rcvchangedalaska.com .

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