I'm gonna say something unpopular now

[The Magistrate]

80. Another Idea I Like, Sir

Is the sort of 'party line' system they have in New York.

A candidate may be on the ballot line of several parties, with all votes for the candidate totaled irrespective of on what party line of the ballot they were cast. But which line they were cast on can serve as an indication of relative strengths of tendencies within the overarching coalition. Which can serve as corrective both to a candidate's ideas of who actually supports them, and to factions with an outsized view of their own strength.

I am solidly in favor of ranked choice. It would, among other things, reduce the incentive for vitriol in campaigning. One fellow in Alaska, arguing against ranked choice, gave the game away. He said he couldn't attack an opponent so virulently with ranked choice in play, because he might need to be somebody's second choice if not their first, and that's not going to happen if he slings the sort of shit he's used to hurling in a campaign.