D.C. Tries Math at the Ballot Box While Oklahoma Fights for $15
Voters in America’s capital are currently staring at their ballots trying to rank strangers like it’s a fantasy football draft, while folks in Oklahoma are deciding if a fast-food worker deserves more than $7.25 an hour.
Let’s start in D.C., where they just rolled out ranked-choice voting for the first time. Instead of just picking one person and hoping for the best, voters now have to rank candidates in order of preference. The reactions are exactly what you'd expect when you ask people to do extra homework. Some voters called the experience "terrible" and complained about having to read up on candidates they’d never heard of. Meanwhile, others think it's a glorious day for democracy. It's basically a real-life experiment in whether people hate math more than they hate their current politicians.
They're also trying to replace Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has held her congressional delegate seat since 1991. Yes, 1991. The year the Soviet Union dissolved and Terminator 2 came out.
Over in Oklahoma, things are a bit more straightforward but equally tense. Voters are deciding whether to gradually bump the state's minimum wage from a tragic $7.25 an hour up to $15 by 2029. To make things spicier, the state's Democrats decided to close their primary, meaning independents can no longer crash the party. This prompted thousands of voters to frantically change their party registrations just to keep having a say.
Choosing between complex math and surviving on $7.25 an hour really highlights the beautiful, chaotic spectrum of the American electoral system.
Source: WTOP
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