Ed Helms

Yeah. And I think I don't I think a lot of people don't realize like how much power citizens can have in that way, that what ballot initiatives can do and that they're really they are really just initiatives from the citizenry. They're not it's not a that doesn't have it's not a political process. It's something that goes citizens initiate and it goes before voters.

And so things like gerrymandering, which no politician is incentivized. Some might have the sort of moral backbone to to to back it up, but they're not incentivized to fix gerrymandering because they're all benefiting from it. So, yeah. So it's it is it is up to us and represent us as seeing a lot of success with ballot initiatives.

And so things like gerrymandering, which no politician is incentivized. Some might have the sort of moral backbone to to to back it up, but they're not incentivized to fix gerrymandering because they're all benefiting from it. So, yeah. So it's it is it is up to us and represent us as seeing a lot of success with ballot initiatives.

Yeah. What are some others?

Yeah. What are some others?

All right. Tell us about that.

All right. Tell us about that.

So I will explain. Is that right? Australia has used ranked choice voting in all of their major political elections? That's just how they do it. Yeah. I did not realize that. That's amazing. Yeah.

So I will explain. Is that right? Australia has used ranked choice voting in all of their major political elections? That's just how they do it. Yeah. I did not realize that. That's amazing. Yeah.

So it's really interesting the amount of misinformation and disinformation that's out there about ranked choice voting because a lot of entrenched power on both sides of the political spectrum realize that it's a shakeup for them.

So it's really interesting the amount of misinformation and disinformation that's out there about ranked choice voting because a lot of entrenched power on both sides of the political spectrum realize that it's a shakeup for them.

So your incentive is to temper your message and not cater to the extremes. Totally. I mean, how much more chill would our world be if elected officials felt a need to speak to a larger audience?

So your incentive is to temper your message and not cater to the extremes. Totally. I mean, how much more chill would our world be if elected officials felt a need to speak to a larger audience?

Another term for ranked choice voting is instant runoff, right? Is that a phrase that kind of, I think, I like that phrase because it helps me understand that it's sort of a, then the vote counting is a sort of multi-step process. Yeah. Can you walk us through that a little bit? Sure.

Another term for ranked choice voting is instant runoff, right? Is that a phrase that kind of, I think, I like that phrase because it helps me understand that it's sort of a, then the vote counting is a sort of multi-step process. Yeah. Can you walk us through that a little bit? Sure.

The ranking is your sort of second round of. Yeah, exactly. Of the votes. It is so elegant. It's so simple. And it's so intrinsically fair. No wonder we don't use it. Yeah. No wonder we don't use it. Exactly. Exactly.

The ranking is your sort of second round of. Yeah, exactly. Of the votes. It is so elegant. It's so simple. And it's so intrinsically fair. No wonder we don't use it. Yeah. No wonder we don't use it. Exactly. Exactly.

There's another really interesting bit of represent a strategy that has echoes in prohibition. The Volstead Act prohibition was overturned in sort of a – a movement that grew state by state. And it turns out this is part of a larger trend of laws that have passed in this same kind of incremental way. Tell us about how that factors into Represent Us strategy.

There's another really interesting bit of represent a strategy that has echoes in prohibition. The Volstead Act prohibition was overturned in sort of a – a movement that grew state by state. And it turns out this is part of a larger trend of laws that have passed in this same kind of incremental way. Tell us about how that factors into Represent Us strategy.

And it doesn't take as much momentum as people might think, right?