[karmelapple]

Yeah, the idea of "increases existing divides" is extremely bad faith.

It lets similar candidates make a case for their small differences, but allows: * voters to not waste their vote on one of 10 different similar candidates, hoping they picked the one with the most backing so they don't get a split vote * more than just two or three candidates to run and have a reasonable chance of winning

The more people running, the better. Sure, there's some level where it gets a little over the top, but there are safeguards in place for that like minimum number of signatures from verified residents of a city/county/state, so there's currently extremely little risk of RCV being enacted and 100 candidates showing up on ballots.

And even if that did happen, so what? Look up a few of the candidates and pick the one that seems to represent you best.