“The Primaries Are Just Dumb; There’s a better way to do democracy.”
NYT editorial in favor of instant runoff voting.
Category Archives: alternative voting systems
“Why Ranked-Choice Voting Is Having a Moment”
“Utah’s new kind of ranked-choice voting could hurt political minorities — and sometimes even the majority”
Jack Santucci and Benjamin Reilly blog.
“Ranked-Choice Voting Could ‘Change the Rules’ of Electoral Politics in Mass.”
WBUR with an explainer on the ranked choice initiative likely to make it to the ballot if the legislature doesn’t adopt something first.
“Sponsor says Alaska elections initiative has enough signatures to be placed on ballot”
Alaska Public Media reports on the progress of a proposition calling for a top-four primary, ranked-choice voting, changes to appointments to local election boards, and campaign finance reform, among others.
Primary voting begins today …
… in the Oscars race.
It’s an alternative
voting system for nominations (and in a few categories, for the final
result):
In the nominations voting, the
marking and tabulation of all ballots shall be according to the preferential,
weighted average,… Continue reading
“Massachusetts voters may consider ranked-choice voting on 2020 ballot”
The threshold signatures are in, and under Massachusetts’ system, now the legislature gets to decide whether to adopt the measures before putting them before the voters.
“Ranked Choice, Fair Choice: Recapping the RCVictories of the Last Decade”
And Maura Reilly has a ranked-choice decade recap on the locations Massachusetts may be joining.
Ned Foley on Billionaires, Ranked Choice Voting, and the Electoral College
Ned at CNN:
How can it be that our electoral system is so vulnerable to the personal fancies of individual plutocrats? I explore the answer in my new book, but the short of it is that our Electoral College… Continue reading
After Bevins Debacle, Is It Time for Kentucky to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting?
David Daley makes the case.
“Ranked-choice voting and the future of small-d democracy in New York”
Jack Santucci oped in NYDN.
“Next secretary of state wants to get rid of Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era election law”
Clarion Ledger:
Secretary of State-elect Michael Watson says he will push to change Mississippi’s controversial two-part election process for statewide candidates. “I’m definitely supportive of moving away from the current system,” the Republican state senator told the Clarion Ledger… Continue reading