Kennedy Jr’s Candidacy as a Route to Voting Reform
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As a third party candidate, Robert Kennedy Jr. faces the significant challenge of appearing as a potential spoiler for the upcoming election (see here). Some of his talking points have mentioned voting reform, mostly focused on security and identification. While as far as I can tell his candidacy does not refer to the kinds of technical reforms we would hope for, if he wins the election as an independent, not only will he have broken the rutted two party system, his presidency will probably usher in a great opportunity for technical voting reform. In fact he justifies his candidacy by claiming that among the three, he would be the Condorcet winner.
Based on what I am observing at the moment, if I vote at all, I will almost surely vote for him. Feel free to disagree, I’d like to know what others think. This is not a political forum per se, but voting reform is inevitably a political topic. As a moderator, I’m opening the door to this discussion. If anybody finds it inappropriate, tell me and I will be considerate about not saying more on this topic.
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@cfrank sign this petition to get RFK Jr. in the presidential debates: https://www.kennedy24.com/debate-petition