My cat explains ranked-choice voting
The election is less than one week away — but what’s sooner than that? Halloween. And what’s sooner than that? My cat’s birthday. Her name is Sally Carrera and we got her a month ago during a Halloween sale at the shelter. Yes, she was a discount cat. And yes, the shelter named her after the Porsche from the animated movie Cars. In honor of this very special day, I made everyone I know help me pick the best photo of Sally through ranked-choice voting. There were five photos to choose from, and endorsements were made. Mission Local’s donor engagement lead Vicky Anibarro ran attack ads on our office Slack against the photo of Sally reading Proust. Editor Lydia Chavez said she would vote for the photo of postpartum Sally because she “supports women.” Then ballots were filled out. Everyone could rank as […]
