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Approval would be better than we have now but on a personal level I just dislike that I can’t express which I’d my preferred candidate. If Mitt Romney, Trump, Biden, and Bernie Sanders are all running, and I really want Bernie to win, but really don’t want Trump to win, how should I vote? In star voting this is easy. In approval voting I have a tough decision on my hands. Should I also vote for Biden and Romney? My ballot then indicates I am equally happy with these three candidates which is far from true. Or do I vote for Bernie only, knowing he may lose and without my support, the more moderate candidates may also lose to Trump?
Fair. I just like the simplicity. STAR voting is nice, I just don't know if it'll be a hard sell.
It was a hard sell in Oregon. I'm also a STAR proponent. The problem is the average voter is scared by conservative headlines and they already don't like the idea of mail in voting. Changing the votting system even further would be some Communist conspiracy outside of the Metro area, with a non trivial number in the Metro area believing the same lies.
I live in Utah where I've only ever voted by mail, and we're a very red state. I've never had anyone express concern about our mail in voting process, the main concerns are typically over voting machines (which I share, I don't trust single points of failure with minimal audit capabilities). Mail voting is equitable since you can either drop off a ballot or mail it, they can be tracked to ensure they're received, and they can be recounted in person.
So the opposition to mail voting seems centralized in areas where Republicans have less control. So it's obviously BS. How they're not suffering for this from independent voters is beyond me.