After a trial run during the June primary for the Arlington County Board in Arlington, Virginia, the board decided not to use ranked choice voting (RCV) for local races in the upcoming November election. Board members made the decision to halt the RCV pilot program after hearing mostly from proponents of RCV at a July…
Ranked Choice Voting Complicates Elections and Disenfranchises Voters, Critics Say
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…
South Dakota Bans Left-Favoring Ranked Choice Voting
March 25, 2023
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South Dakota outlawed Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), which purportedly favors the left and works against conservative candidates. Conservatives in the state legislature scored a major win on March 22 by becoming the first state this year to ban ranked choice voting in elections, with Idaho potentially following suit, reported The Federalist. “Ranked-Choice Voting will never…
Ranked-Choice Voting: The Latest Elite Fad Pushing Toward Social Disintegration
Commentary When society has widespread faith that its institutions and the experts who guide public policy are unbiased, its people can tolerate a lot—even when things don’t happen to go their way. In recent years, however, this confidence has taken a beating, especially among conservatives (e.g., this 2022 Gallup poll). This trend presents a serious,…
Is There a Single Best Electoral System?
January 1, 2023
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Commentary As several blue states in the United States consider adopting “ranked choice voting” in their jurisdictions, it is opportune to examine the experience of other countries that use a similar system, notably Australia. Preferential voting—as we call it Down Under—has been part of the Australian electoral landscape for many years. Unsurprisingly it has its…
Ranked-Choice Voting Measures Continue to Gain Traction
November 28, 2022
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Ranked-choice voting (RCV) continues to gain momentum nationwide with voters in several cities approving referendums during the midterm elections to implement the non-partisan multiple-choice ballot system in future elections. In addition to voters in Seattle, Portland, Oregon, and Fort Collins, Colorado, endorsing RCV electoral systems, Nevadans also adopted by 52.9-to-47.1 percent margin a proposed Top-Five…
Maine Offers Last Hope for New England to Send a Midterm Republican Candidate to DC
New England Republicans have one more chance to pick up a seat in the U.S. Congress out of the region’s otherwise across-the-board losses to Democrats. The final hope comes from a tight race in Maine between incumbent Jared Golden and conservative challenger Bruce Poliquin, slated to be decided next week by ranked-choice voting (RCV), a…
How Winners Are Losing in American Elections
Commentary Who exactly are the winners of this new and confusing electoral system called ranked-choice voting (RCV)? It’s not the thousands of voters that show up to the polls in RCV elections only to have their votes thrown out. The winners of RCV are partisans and special interests who use the system’s design to manipulate…
Ranked-Choice Voting Measures Vying for 2022 Ballots in Missouri, Nevada
April 22, 2022
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Proponents are gearing up for stretch-run petition drives to secure signatures needed to get prospective constitutional amendments implementing ranked-choice voting on 2022 ballots in Missouri and Nevada. The Missouri Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative would give voters the option to pick from both Republicans and Democrats during open primaries and vote in all general elections for either…
Would Ranked-Choice Voting Help California?
March 6, 2022
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Commentary On Feb. 28, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a law banning ranked-choice voting in that state. But in January, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld Ballot Measure 2, which in 2020 instituted ranked-choice voting for the state, along with Top Four voting. And in California on Feb. 18, Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell introduced Assembly Bill 2808,…
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