I disagree. We want MORE INFORMED voters, not more uninformed voters. Uninformed voters are not a positive thing.

And IRV actually discounts the votes of people that don’t rank candidates they don’t know anything about, so it’s not benefitting that aspect either. At least with a traditional runoff it gives the voter some time to read up and learn about the two remaining candidates. And no one should ever be forced to vote for a particular candidate to have their vote count, which in some IRV scenarios is the case.

The issue isnt whether we encourage people to make uninformed decisions when voting, its about understanding HOW people vote. If you take party affiliations off the ballot, a lot of people won't vote/won't know who to vote for. We want MORE people voting, which RCV encourages

Which mcdonalds we talking here?

If you don’t know the name of the candidate you support and are instead using their self described party affiliation then you aren’t really casting an informed vote or participating in democracy in a positive way. I don’t think we should be encouraging or advocating for that.

It IS OK to not cast a vote in every box if you aren’t informed, in fact it’s preferred.

I never ever refrigerate maple syrup. I produce about 20 gallons a year and never heard of any one refrigerating it , is it common?

Store it in the larder if you don't finish drinking it in one sitting. Unless you have a fridge. If you have a fridge, store it in the fridge.

Route 105 east from Island Pond to New Hampshire has some impressive craters plus a ski jump of a railroad crossing

Cabinet until opened, then fridge

Works great in Maine [from a Mainer]

Most campgrounds book out months in advance so I'd jump on that now. That said Little River state park/campground is pretty spot on for what you're looking for.

I’m not talking about eliminating parties all together, just eliminating them on the ballot. Which is doable.

I don’t agree IRV is more “bang for the buck”. The cost savings would be pretty minimal and IRL it saved Burlington tens of thousands of dollars and then cost them $17M. It’s also kind of silly to mass mail out ballots including 10% more than we even have voters, and then worry about the cost of holding a simple run off every few years. Besides the fact is a traditional runoff is transparent, straight forward, and ensures each person gets a chance to vote. IRV prevents people who don’t want to rank all choices from having equal voting representation compared to those that rank all choices. I thought we were supposed to trying to ensure everyone’s vote counts, IRV seems to do the opposite for those that don’t want to rank a candidate they don’t like, or don’t feel like they can make an informed choice about. Not to mention no one knows what that 3rd round match up is going to look like, it completely obscures the process.

Just vote who you want, not a multitude, and the highest vote count wins. You don't need a plan b, c, d, accept who wins with the vote total that's highest.

Freezer. No mold if you store it in the freezer.

Getting rid of the party designation on ballots would be a bit of a mess, mainly cuz people don't always know the names of the candidates they support, party indicators are a helpful shortcut for that. Ive also thought about how it might phase republicans out (rcv would prevent the left from splitting the vote,) but all it does is ensure the candidate actually has majority support. Having it state wide would be interesting, I'm sure a lot more republicans would lose but that only means they never really had the majority support of their constituents. (Sorry, i work advocating for this stuff, hope this helps)

I keep mine in the fridge- but only because I like it cold. I have had it both in the fridge & cabinet and it's been fine both ways : )

I'm with you on that. I don't care how much maple syrup Vermont produces.

Because eliminated official parties, will 1. Never happen, rank choice already is 2. Eliminated official parties will just regroup as an non-official and still run the same. Most importantly, rcv is much more bang for you buck.

I go through a quart in about a year, and never have any issues with storing in the pantry.

The geology museum by UVM has an old bottle with one gigantic sugar crystal in it, too.

It wasn't a public story. I know someone that works there. Her department had a good laugh that day because the guy was also ranting about windmills.

It's such a shame that they were drinking phone pole syrup in that scene.

Open the throat. Don't have bird lips.

I've had enough center-console syrup grow chunks to keep opened syrup in the fridge now. It sucks having to strain it and re-boil it.

Intervale Rd in Burlington is always a great one.

Always lovers lane in Northfield. It’s the goat