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Recording: Training on Ranked Choice Voting, courtesy of Free DC
https://freedcproject.org/news/recording-training-on-ranked-choice-voting
#RCV #IRV #RankedChoice #FreeDC #InstantRunoff #RankedChoiceVoting #InstantRunoffVoting #DC #WashingonDC #news #elections #voting #vote -
Recording: Training on Ranked Choice Voting, courtesy of Free DC
https://freedcproject.org/news/recording-training-on-ranked-choice-voting
#RCV #IRV #RankedChoice #FreeDC #InstantRunoff #RankedChoiceVoting #InstantRunoffVoting #DC #WashingonDC #news #elections #voting #vote -
Recording: Training on Ranked Choice Voting, courtesy of Free DC
https://freedcproject.org/news/recording-training-on-ranked-choice-voting
#RCV #IRV #RankedChoice #FreeDC #InstantRunoff #RankedChoiceVoting #InstantRunoffVoting #DC #WashingonDC #news #elections #voting #vote -
Recording: Training on Ranked Choice Voting, courtesy of Free DC
https://freedcproject.org/news/recording-training-on-ranked-choice-voting
#RCV #IRV #RankedChoice #FreeDC #InstantRunoff #RankedChoiceVoting #InstantRunoffVoting #DC #WashingonDC #news #elections #voting #vote -
Recording: Training on Ranked Choice Voting, courtesy of Free DC
https://freedcproject.org/news/recording-training-on-ranked-choice-voting
#RCV #IRV #RankedChoice #FreeDC #InstantRunoff #RankedChoiceVoting #InstantRunoffVoting #DC #WashingonDC #news #elections #voting #vote -
https://www.europesays.com/fr/956752/ Billetterie, merchandising, popularité : comment le RC Vannes entretient la flamme en Pro D2 cette saison, en espérant vite remonter en Top 14 #Actualités #FR #France #ProD2 #RCVannes #RCV #Rugby #RugbyFootball #Sports #Top14 #Vannes
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I emailed this to a friend but I want to share it publicly. I am a mathematician and a citizen and as such, I care deeply about the quantitative and geometric aspects of democracy. The nakedly partisan redistricting efforts in the US right now are appalling.
I've done some reading on interesting, innovative, and fair ways to vote and set up districts...and these politicians are not putting up the slightest pretense at fairness. They're not even talking about democracy. From top to bottom, it's just a game, a fight to win, power to be seized. No talk of citizens or the people. Gerrymandering is the act of politicians choosing their voters instead of the other way around, and here, us voters aren't just being chosen, we're being treated like we're not even owed an explanation. They don't proffer the fimsiest justification. They are sorting us into districts like a farmer might sort cows into different barns.
It's like the philosophical distinction between lies and bullshit. Liars are aware of truth and reality and care about it, at least to the extent necessary for their lies. But bullshitters don't care about truth at all. Likewise, these gerrymandering pols do not care about truth, democracy, voters, or justification for their actions.
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I emailed this to a friend but I want to share it publicly. I am a mathematician and a citizen and as such, I care deeply about the quantitative and geometric aspects of democracy. The nakedly partisan redistricting efforts in the US right now are appalling.
I've done some reading on interesting, innovative, and fair ways to vote and set up districts...and these politicians are not putting up the slightest pretense at fairness. They're not even talking about democracy. From top to bottom, it's just a game, a fight to win, power to be seized. No talk of citizens or the people. Gerrymandering is the act of politicians choosing their voters instead of the other way around, and here, us voters aren't just being chosen, we're being treated like we're not even owed an explanation. They don't proffer the fimsiest justification. They are sorting us into districts like a farmer might sort cows into different barns.
It's like the philosophical distinction between lies and bullshit. Liars are aware of truth and reality and care about it, at least to the extent necessary for their lies. But bullshitters don't care about truth at all. Likewise, these gerrymandering pols do not care about truth, democracy, voters, or justification for their actions.
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I emailed this to a friend but I want to share it publicly. I am a mathematician and a citizen and as such, I care deeply about the quantitative and geometric aspects of democracy. The nakedly partisan redistricting efforts in the US right now are appalling.
I've done some reading on interesting, innovative, and fair ways to vote and set up districts...and these politicians are not putting up the slightest pretense at fairness. They're not even talking about democracy. From top to bottom, it's just a game, a fight to win, power to be seized. No talk of citizens or the people. Gerrymandering is the act of politicians choosing their voters instead of the other way around, and here, us voters aren't just being chosen, we're being treated like we're not even owed an explanation. They don't proffer the fimsiest justification. They are sorting us into districts like a farmer might sort cows into different barns.
It's like the philosophical distinction between lies and bullshit. Liars are aware of truth and reality and care about it, at least to the extent necessary for their lies. But bullshitters don't care about truth at all. Likewise, these gerrymandering pols do not care about truth, democracy, voters, or justification for their actions.
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I emailed this to a friend but I want to share it publicly. I am a mathematician and a citizen and as such, I care deeply about the quantitative and geometric aspects of democracy. The nakedly partisan redistricting efforts in the US right now are appalling.
I've done some reading on interesting, innovative, and fair ways to vote and set up districts...and these politicians are not putting up the slightest pretense at fairness. They're not even talking about democracy. From top to bottom, it's just a game, a fight to win, power to be seized. No talk of citizens or the people. Gerrymandering is the act of politicians choosing their voters instead of the other way around, and here, us voters aren't just being chosen, we're being treated like we're not even owed an explanation. They don't proffer the fimsiest justification. They are sorting us into districts like a farmer might sort cows into different barns.
It's like the philosophical distinction between lies and bullshit. Liars are aware of truth and reality and care about it, at least to the extent necessary for their lies. But bullshitters don't care about truth at all. Likewise, these gerrymandering pols do not care about truth, democracy, voters, or justification for their actions.
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I emailed this to a friend but I want to share it publicly. I am a mathematician and a citizen and as such, I care deeply about the quantitative and geometric aspects of democracy. The nakedly partisan redistricting efforts in the US right now are appalling.
I've done some reading on interesting, innovative, and fair ways to vote and set up districts...and these politicians are not putting up the slightest pretense at fairness. They're not even talking about democracy. From top to bottom, it's just a game, a fight to win, power to be seized. No talk of citizens or the people. Gerrymandering is the act of politicians choosing their voters instead of the other way around, and here, us voters aren't just being chosen, we're being treated like we're not even owed an explanation. They don't proffer the fimsiest justification. They are sorting us into districts like a farmer might sort cows into different barns.
It's like the philosophical distinction between lies and bullshit. Liars are aware of truth and reality and care about it, at least to the extent necessary for their lies. But bullshitters don't care about truth at all. Likewise, these gerrymandering pols do not care about truth, democracy, voters, or justification for their actions.
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In suburban D.C., @[email protected] have voted 76 percent in favor of exploring ranked choice voting for city council races. Voters in adjacent Greenbelt, Md. approved a proportional form of #RCV last November.
Berwyn Heights votes to explor... -
In suburban D.C., @[email protected] have voted 76 percent in favor of exploring ranked choice voting for city council races. Voters in adjacent Greenbelt, Md. approved a proportional form of #RCV last November.
Berwyn Heights votes to explor... -
In suburban D.C., @[email protected] have voted 76 percent in favor of exploring ranked choice voting for city council races. Voters in adjacent Greenbelt, Md. approved a proportional form of #RCV last November.
Berwyn Heights votes to explor... -
In suburban D.C., @[email protected] have voted 76 percent in favor of exploring ranked choice voting for city council races. Voters in adjacent Greenbelt, Md. approved a proportional form of #RCV last November.
Berwyn Heights votes to explor... -
https://www.europesays.com/fr/913869/ « Ça n’allait pas du tout dans l’esprit du jeu » : ce que pensent les acteurs du RC Vannes des changements de règles en Top 14 et Pro D2 la saison prochaine #FR #France #ProD2 #RCVannes #RCV #Rugby #RugbyFootball #Sports #Vannes
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https://youtube.com/shorts/4zh-bFlx4z8?feature=share
Last month's Illinois primary elections needed RCV...
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Politics #midterms #midterms2026
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https://youtube.com/shorts/4zh-bFlx4z8?feature=share
Last month's Illinois primary elections needed RCV...
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Politics #midterms #midterms2026
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https://youtube.com/shorts/4zh-bFlx4z8?feature=share
Last month's Illinois primary elections needed RCV...
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Politics #midterms #midterms2026
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https://youtube.com/shorts/4zh-bFlx4z8?feature=share
Last month's Illinois primary elections needed RCV...
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Politics #midterms #midterms2026
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https://youtube.com/shorts/4zh-bFlx4z8?feature=share
Last month's Illinois primary elections needed RCV...
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Politics #midterms #midterms2026
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The Army plans to choose next spring one winner out of four vendors competing to build the base platform for its Robotic Combat Vehicle, or RCV, according to Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean, program executive officer for ground combat systems.
A year ago, the Army selected McQ, Textron Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems and Oshkosh Defense to design and build prototypes for the system.
The Army decided then to adjust its pursuit of three robotic combat vehicles of different sizes, moving forward instead with a single size that can keep up with crewed combat vehicles, Dean said at the time. And then the Army would equip the platform with different mission payloads to fill specific battlefield roles.
Each vendor delivered two prototypes in August, and all of the prototypes are now at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Dean said.
“We’re on track to down-select in about the March timeframe from those four vendors to one and that’ll give us the base platform,” Dean said.
The chosen vendor will deliver eight prototypes for the next phase. “Then once we have that, that vendor will actually do another prototype spin. … We’ve tiered the requirements so they’re going to add some new requirements when they go into the second prototypes.”
While Dean said he prefers to keep as many vendors in a development effort as long as possible, funding is always a consideration. “It does come down to money. There’s a profile that we have to stay within. Unfortunately, the profile that we have really almost only allowed us to retain one. We looked at at least two and then that was still outside what we were able to afford.”
Who’s in control?
The Army has also settled on the Armored Multipurpose Vehicle, or AMPV, as the designated control vehicle for the robots, chosen because the control vehicle needs to keep up with the first unit designated to receive the robots, which will be a platoon in an Armored Brigade Combat Team, according to Col. Kevin Bradley, who is in charge of next-generation combat vehicle modernization within Army Futures Command.The service looked at a number of concepts for a control vehicle from Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Stryker combat vehicles to even a truck-based one, but “the user community gelled on what they wanted,” Dean said.
A unit that has been working through how to operate and fight with RCVs at the National Training Center, for one, said using a control vehicle that was different from anything else in the formation became “very easy to target,” and the opposing force in a recent training event would go after the control vehicle easily to take the robots, according to Bradley.
The RCV’s first fielding is expected in fiscal 2028, which means the control vehicle will need to go under contract in FY25 because the AMPV has a two-year production lead time. Then from FY27 to FY28, the integration work to make it a control vehicle will occur, Dean detailed.
Tough road
While the RCV base platform prototyping and the control vehicle effort is moving forward smoothly, the Army’s work to develop off-road autonomy software is proving more difficult.In June the Army conducted an off-road autonomy software assessment. “The good news is we are moving forward in that area. The bad news is industry is nowhere near where people think in terms of off-road autonomy. There’s still a lot of development to do,” Dean said.
The Army plans to hold another evaluation in December which will become routine in order to continue software development.
Three companies are working directly with the Bradley’s Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team and PEO GCS on autonomy capability – Forterra, Kodiak Robotics and Overland AI.
So far the evaluations for autonomous behavior haven’t even been truly off-road, Dean said. “We’re talking trails and unimproved road conditions. Building an autonomy algorithm that can identify the entire range of things it might encounter is challenging because you have a pretty big data set.”
The evaluation in June took place at Fort Cavazos, Texas, and in one instance the robot needed to cross a creek at the bottom of a hill and would need to navigate a series of switchbacks to get down. “It couldn’t navigate the switchbacks,” Dean said.
“We are still working through the negative obstacle problem. You see a dip ahead of you. It could be a puddle, I can drive right through it, or it could be a cliff, and the sensors sometimes have difficulty evaluating what’s safe to navigate,” he said.
The evaluation in June involved too much human intervention, Dean said, but it’s still better than having to tele-operate a system continuously and deal with latency issues at certain ranges and speeds.
Overall, based off a major training event at Fort Irwin, California, this summer “we saw that robots provided benefits to the organization particularly in the reconnaissance and security role for long-duration observation and security posts,” Bradley said.
But the service is still working through tradeoffs with power, range and the ability to make decisions at a distance and the desired level of control, he added.
“That was really what we were trying to tease out, that math problem of you want to be able to see 4K video to make decisions of shoot, don’t shoot, to maintain that kind of ethical high ground, then that requires a certain amount of bandwidth that’s impacting how far you can go, also impacts how much control you have,” Bradley said.#robotic-combat-vehicle #rcv #next-generation-combat-vehicle #armored-multipurpose-vehicle #ampv #autonomy #ausa-2024 #ausa #ausa #dn-dnr #peo-ground-combat-systems #robotics #circulated-defense-news
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the #USA is an #FPTP #voting system
meaning there can only be 2 parties
it's not corruption, it's just math (not saying corruption doesn't exist, but even if all corruption magically disappeared, we'd still have only 2 parties)
a 3rd party on the left would divide the left vote and #MAGA would win
i want 3rd parties
to get that we need #rankedChoiceVoting
to get ranked choice voting, we have to elect #Democrats who support it
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you're being aspirational, and correct, but you're not announcing *how* to achieve that
it's like going "arrest #Trump!"
ok
and?
how?
to get #rankedChoiceVoting, which is creeping in in the #USA, and would allow for stable viable 3rd parties... how?
we have to elect #Democrats who support that (some do, some don't: vote in the #primaries people!)
the #GOP has taken a blanket stand against #RCV nationally, so this is the only way forward
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@benroyce @imanormalperson @GoSeiGer @randahl
Also, lobby for Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff Voting (RCV / IRV), and educate folks regarding how it works!It has the potential to break the two-party stranglehold, thus forcing politicians of all stripes to listen more carefully to voters and work harder at serving the public, rather than simply trying to be the lesser of two evils.
#RCV #IRV #RankedChoiceVoting #InstantRunoffVoting #InstantRunoff #RankedChoice
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April 26, 2026: Free DC Activist Street Fair, Takoma Park, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-1169-e8c8-143b-969232580014
#WashingtonDC #DC #activists #music #art #information #RankedChoiceVoting #RankedChoice #RCV #InstantRunoffVoting #InstantRunoff #IRV #protest #resistance #news #event -
Did you miss our Statewide Meeting? Click here to watch the recording on YouTube (43 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1CfXFwdir8
This was our largest statewide meeting to date, with over 110 people joining us from across the state of Illinois! Thank you to everyone who came out to hear about our new strategic plan to bring ranked choice voting to Chicago!
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Democracy
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https://www.fairvoteillinois.org/events 👈👈👈 140 other people have already RSVP'd! On 4/12 from 1-2pm, we are scheduled to have our biggest statewide meeting EVER. You don't want to miss it! We'll provide updates on the trajectory of RCV in Illinois and introduce our new 6-year strategic plan.
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Democracy #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics
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@karlauerbach
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #InstantRunoff would solve this. Just sayin’ -
https://youtube.com/shorts/mArOFbuaHEg
These primaries need ranked choice voting. Let's actually make it happen. FairVoteIllinois.org
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Midterms2026 #Midterms #Primaries #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics
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We should have just listened to Barack 🤦🏻♂️
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Midterms2026 #Primaries2026 #Primaries
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This week, 4 prominent Chicago faith leaders called on Illinois to adopt #RankedChoiceVoting to mitigate polarization and vote-splitting.
Read the article: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/01/opinion-illinois-2026-primary-election-vote/
Did you know?: FairVote Illinois is advocating for ranked choice voting in Illinois? SB2004 is currently in the State Senate, which would allow Illinois municipalities (including Chicago) to adopt RCV if they choose to do so via referendum.
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https://youtube.com/shorts/bMORz4Gf7tQ
We need ranked choice voting in order to have a truly free and fair vote.
Audio from a recent interview with WGLT radio.
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https://youtube.com/shorts/_hJvRIoqaLg
Illinois: #RankedChoiceVoting is making progress! Go to tinyURL.com/RCV4Illinois or click the link in bio to contact your state legislator to let them know that you want RCV!
#RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Midterms #Primaries #Midterms2026 #Primaries2026
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Great happy hour last night in Oak Park! We wrote letters to our electeds in support of State Sens. Laura Murphy's, Robert Peters', and David Koehler's SB2004, the #RankedChoiceVoting "local option" bill for Illinois! Contact your Sens. at tinyurl.com/RCV4Illinois !
Did you know? Oak Park, Illinois passed an #RCV referendum w/ 79% voting yes in Nov 2024? SB2004 is needed to quickly and smoothly implement the referendum in time for Oak Park's next municipal elections!
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As one would expect. People like it if they’ve tried it.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p55ggtuqrmfl55adk4bf4nr2/post/3mfuiwwxesf2z
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A look at the state of elections in Illinois, and how #RankedChoiceVoting could fix it all.
(The same concept applies to many states, and to Republican-leaning areas as well as Democratic ones.)
Hey Illinois, contact your state senator and rep now and tell them to support SB2004!
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https://youtube.com/shorts/734CCqcdQsU?feature=share
WE NEED RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN ILLINOIS! FairVote Illinois was founded in 2020 to bring together grassroots people power and elected officials at all levels of government in order to upgrade democracy by giving voters more choices and more power with RCV.
Join us and consider starting a local chapter in your community at FairVoteIllinois.org or click the link in bio!
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Democracy #Illinois #Politics #USPolitics #localpolitics #volunteer
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Great meeting about SB2004 with State Senator Laura Ellman of the 21st State Senate District (which covers much of Naperville, Lisle, Butterfield, Glen Ellyn, and Lombard)! Lots of positive energy around local RCV in our State Senate! We are working hard to add co-sponsors to SB2004 so that local IL municipalities can implement RCV referendums if they choose to do so!
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Democracy #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics
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https://youtube.com/shorts/uLFH7bGxbjI?si=Kw76M_5gI6-MFrVf
fairvoteillinois.org/events (or click the 🔗 in bio!) 👈👈👈 RSVP to meet us in Oak Park on Friday, February 27 from 6-9pm at One Lake Brewing in Oak Park, Illinois!
#RankedChoiceVoting #MIDTERMS2026 #RCV #election2026 #ElectionDay #Vote #VoteForChange
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https://youtube.com/shorts/jOEY99ZUOYw
We hope that Governor JB Pritzker will come out in support of #RankedChoiceVoting soon!
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3 cities have passed RCV in IL, but implementation is stalled by legal uncertainty. In the meantime, State Senator Laura Murphy has introduced SB2004, legislation that would provide clarity to clerks in cities seeking to try out RCV for their local elections. Visit the link in bio to contact your state senator urging them to support SB2004 so that Illinois municipalities can implement RCV!
Full article: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-02-16/ranked-choice-voting-stalled-in-illinois-waiting-for-clarity-from-the-courts
#RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #LocalGovernment #Democracy
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https://youtube.com/shorts/XKTNe9Qo0vc?feature=share
tinyURL.com/NoRCVBan 👈👈👈 Tell your reps to REJECT a federal RCV BAN!
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Democracy #MEGA #MEGAAct #NoRCVBan #RCVBan
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02/09 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Ranked Choice Voting Educational Session
Busboys & Poets - 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, Washington, DC 20020
https://actionnetwork.org/events/february-meeting-ranked-choice-voting-educational-session
#DC #WashingtonDC #RankedChoiceVoting #InstantRunoffVoting #RankedChoice #InstantRunoff #IRV #RCV #event #education -
How you know we should be doing #RCV for elections:
republicans are trying to make it illegal.
That means the oligarchs are scared of it.