Voters in multiple states rejected structural changes to how they vote.
More initiatives that could transform how voters vote were on ballots across the country than ever before. Many would have combined two proposals popular with reformers — an open, all-party primary that multiple candidates advance out of, and a ranked choice general election — although some put forward just one change.
But only one of those efforts — in D.C. — was successful. Voters shot down similar efforts in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota….
Just a handful of states currently have open, all-candidate primaries, and only two use ranked choice voting statewide. In Alaska, where voters first used both systems in the midterms, an initiative is on the ballot to repeal both. It has yet to be called, but the repeal vote is currently in the lead.
An initiative in Missouri that will proactively prohibit ranked choice voting also prevailed.