Proponents of ranked choice voting (RCV) say it gives voters more choices and decreases campaign attacks because candidates are trying to appeal to a broader base.
But Jason Snead, executive director of Honest Elections Project, said while it is objectively true that RCV gives voters more choices, the more important question should be, does RCV improve elections?
It’s one thing to rank five candidates on one ballot, but when there are five candidates for multiple races on one ballot, it raises significant issues, Mr. Snead said.
“You’re making voting more complex by increasing the informational burden in order to be able to participate because now you don’t just have to know about one or two candidates—the major party candidates in the election—now you have to know about four or five candidates,” Mr. Snead told The Epoch Times….