A black and white cat, perhaps pondering the results of an imaginary sf election, stands inside an open refrigerator. Various jars and containers are arranged on the shelves above.
Happy birthday, Sally Carrera! Photo by Abigail Van Neely.

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選舉還有不到一週，可更近的是什麼？萬聖節啊。還有更近的呢？我家貓咪的生日。

她叫 Sally Carrera，一個月前趁收容所萬聖節特賣時領回家的。沒錯，她是隻打折貓。對，收容所還真給她取了個《汽車總動員》裡保時捷的名字。

為了慶祝這個特別的日子，我發動所有認識的人，用排序選擇投票的方式，幫我挑出 Sally 最上相的照片。

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Confused by rank choice voting? Let my cat explain it to you.

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總共有五張照片參選，各路人馬紛紛表態。Mission Local 的捐助者聯絡主管 Vicky Anibarro 在辦公室 Slack 頻道上打起負面廣告，猛轟 Sally 讀普魯斯特那張照片。編輯 Lydia Chavez 則表示要投剛當媽的 Sally 一票，理由是「要支持女性」。

然後進入投票階段。大家可以給任意數量的照片排序——想排幾張排幾張。但千萬不能把多張照片同時排第一，那樣選票就作廢了。

三藩市這次選舉也是一樣的規則，有 13 位市長候選人。

所有選票投完後，先數每個人的第一選擇票。

A bar chart shows percentage breakdowns with cat photos labeled: Postpartum 20%, Motherhood 20%, Friday 20%, Menace 30%, Productive Weekend 10%.
在排序選擇投票中，第一選擇票最少的候選人會被淘汰。攝影：Abigail Van Neely

得票最少的照片出局。讀普魯斯特的 Sally 被淘汰了，可把學術貓界打擊慘了。

A black and white cat stands near a bouquet of flowers on a table, with more flowers, a book, and a bed in the background.
Sally Carrera 正專注閱讀普魯斯特的《囚徒》和《逃亡者》。攝影：Abigail Van Neely

接下來，把第一選擇照片被淘汰的人的第二選擇票都計算進去。

A chart with five bars labeled with percentages: 25%, 25%, 20%, 30%. Each bar is next to a black-and-white photo of a cat. One photo is crossed out with a note saying "eliminated.
The second choice votes of anyone who voted for a candidate that was eliminated are then counted. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.

重新分配這些選票後，再把最少票的照片淘汰。

A black and white cat playfully squeezes between a purple suitcase and a red object, with its head upside down.
Sally 坐在行李箱上若有所思：「到底誰會贏呢？」攝影：Abigail Van Neely

就這樣一輪一輪進行，直到某張照片得票超過 50%。最後，Sally 撕我記事本那張照片——也就是「惡魔 Sally」——榮登冠軍寶座。

Poster with four black-and-white images on the left, orange and blue bars on the right. Bars labeled 25%, 25%, and 50% in increasing order. Yellow sticky notes label each image.
當某位候選人獲得 50% 選票時，就算勝出。攝影：Abigail Van Neely

雖然看貓咪照片比給政客排序要有趣得多——這當然是我非常中立的意見啦——但別忘了 11 月 5 日要去投票。來看看 Mission Local 的選舉儀表板，幫你做出明智的選擇。

投完票後，不妨去領養隻貓慶祝一下！

A black and white cat looks up while sitting on a carpet, surrounded by torn pieces of yellow lined paper.
Sally Carrera 最愛的消遣包括：吃吃喝喝、追玩具老鼠，以及把重要文件撕成碎片。攝影：Abigail Van Neely

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Abigail is a staff reporter at Mission Local covering criminal justice and public health. She got her bachelor's and master's from Stanford University and has received awards for investigative reporting and public service journalism.

Abigail now lives in San Francisco with her cat, Sally Carrera, but she'll always be a New Yorker. (Yes, the shelter named the cat after the Porsche from the animated movie Cars.)

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