Equal Vote Coalition Interview
Many believe the US voting system is broken. Some were convinced in the previous presidential election. The need to vote for the lesser of the two evils isn’t the way voting for office should be. What if there was an alternative voting method where people could show their preference order instead of the traditional one person one vote?
Equal Vote Coalition is a project that fights for true equality in voting. They believe the voting system is broken and needs to be fixed.
Find out how Equal Vote Coalition plans on fixing US broken voting system.
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April 8, 2022
Equal Vote Coalition Offers A Fresh Take On the Voting Reform Movement
#339 Great.com Talks With... Equal Vote Coalition
The race for office falls between the two major parties in the US - the Democrats and Republicans. While there are other parties, people are hesitant to cast their vote for smaller parties. They feel as their vote will not count equally. So voters won't cast their vote for a third candidate on election day. In today's episode, we talked with Sara Wolk, Executive Director at Equal Vote Coalition.
Equal Vote Coalition is a project that wants to introduce a new voting system. They conveniently call it, STAR voting, which essentially represents a ranked choice voting method where voters rank candidates from one to five stars. With the STAR voting method, every vote counts, and there is no fear of wasted votes.
Fixing A Broken System
Sara says that the current voting method makes real voters perpetually disenfranchised. The fear of voting for a candidate with no real chance of winning makes voters cast their ballot for someone they truly don't believe in. There have been numerous examples in previous presidential elections where this has been the case. The STAR voting system promises to address stuff like vote splitting and instant runoff voting.
Equal Vote Coalition Coalition promises to address these issues and benefit smaller parties as well as, the two major parties. They hope to introduce the STAR voting system in Oregon and replace the one person one vote system.
Find out more about Equal Vote Coalition and the problem with the current system. You can also learn more about STAR voting and what it hopes to achieve, what's the difference between RCV and STAR, and what wasted votes mean. They also address issues like proportional representation and welcome volunteers and donations.
Want to know more about Equal Vote Coalition? Make sure to read their blog, and follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
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