Posted on 06/09/2024 2:41:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
As the number of states banning ranked-choice voting (RCV) is increasing, some are facing ballot measures this November that would implement the voting system.
While 10 states have banned RCV and more may join them this November if voters vote for the ballot measures, six other states will have ballot measures to switch their elections to RCV.
RCV is an election process whereby if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, then a runoff system is triggered. When voters cast their ballots, they rank each candidate in order of first-to-last. RCV is being introduced in states across the country, but is facing pushback from both sides of the political aisle, including efforts to ban it.
If one candidate doesn't reach the 50% plus-one vote threshold, then the candidate with the least amount of first-choice votes is eliminated, then second-choice votes from those who voted for the last-place finisher are reallocated among the remaining candidates and tallied – in a process that continues until a candidate receives the majority of the vote.
Proponents of RCV argue that the system results in representative outcomes and majority rule, incentivizes positive campaigning, allows for more voter choice, and saves money when replacing preliminaries or runoffs, according to pro-RCV organization FairVote.
Alaska and Maine use RCV in elections statewide, and three counties and 45 cities use RCV, according to FairVote.
Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Tennessee have banned RCV. Alaska has a ballot measure on the November ballot to repeal RCV. Alaska held its first ranked-choice election in 2022, which wasn't decided until two weeks after...
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Yes and as a bonus for GOPe who shoved it through it took out Palin
> It is very easy to win a ranked choice election. Just get more votes than your opponent.<
That’s not how it works. You need 50% + 1. In a recent RCV the third place finisher in the first round ended up winning.
It looks like the best way to game RCV is to have a bunch of people vote for the obvious loser and then their preferred candidate as second choice.
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“Yes and as a bonus for GOPe who shoved it through it took out Palin”
It saved Murky and got them a Democrat Rep. Let’s all do it. (s)
Designed to insure democrats win all elections. We need to stay with the electoral college to even have a chance as a republicab.
Ranked choice is corruption.
Murkowski has used it so well, it should be called the Murk system.
It screws everything up. Alaska for example. Palin and Begich were the Republicans. Only 1 Dim. Peltola. Too many idiots hate Palin so they wrote in Peltola as their next choice after Begich.
Palin had the most, then Peltola, then Begich not far behind. Drop Begich from the end, give votes to Peltola; and BAM! We have a Dim Rep.
All it does is divide your votes, and it ends up rewarding the party smart enough to nominate 1 candidate, kind of like normal voting!
I said earlier it can be rigged by having fewer candidates than the opposing party. And Democrats will enter "Republicans" into the race to achieve that.
Yep. To make it worse in Alaska, the law also changed to make the primary “jungle” primaries. It’s such a crock.
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Here’s the problem, though: Even states without RCV still use RCV-enabled electronic voting machines.
Why is that, hmmmm...?
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