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[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Australia uses IRV, not STV, which is basically just FPTP with a fancier ballot. And nobody else on the planet uses this for multi-seat legislative assemblies. Only Australia.

But if you're advocating for increased educational funding so that voters aren't idiots, I'm all for that, too.