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That's the argument they're trying for in court, which is not the same as what they think. The reality is much more mundane. Probably more frustrating too.
Ranked choice voting makes it easier for incumbents to lose. It makes it harder (but still... not actually difficult) for retiring office holder to coronate their hand-picked successor. That's all this comes down to. Especially in a place like DC that votes for a single party by such wide margins. Places that lopsided, in a FPTP primary system, once elected a politician is all but incapable of losing. Even to horrible, horrible scandal.
Ranked choice threatens that. If DC switched to it overnight, >90% of the incumbents would win reelection trivially. In fact I'd be surprised if any of them that ran again lost. But they don't like that it goes from just short of a guarantee, to still really highly certain.
Did you just say fuckin nepotism? Yeah I'm turning off the PS5 and turning on the rain sounds. And you're right, the reason you provided is just as frustrating. It's less demeaning than their court argument.
...PS5?
I surf Lemmy on mobile while I play skater xl/remnant 2 or watch movies on my PlayStation 5 b4 bed.