“The organizers aim to collect 600,000 signatures to ensure they have at least 426,000 valid names to qualify for the statewide November 2026 ballot.”
The story goes on to say: “If the law were in effect in 2026, all candidates hoping to replace Governor Gretchen Whitmer would appear on the same ballot, and voters would rank them from their favorite to least favorite.” I assume that because the measure itself won’t be only the ballot until November 2026 even if enough signatures are collected, it obviously has no chance of being in effect for the November 2026 election itself.
The story continues: “Meanwhile, the Republican Michigan House wants to outlaw the new system, with some calling it communistic and undemocratic.” (Just to be clear, it’s definitely neither. For anyone who thinks that democracy entails majority rule–and for that it’s useful to consult the works of the great American political scientist Robert Dahl–RCV is simply a procedural device for achieving a majority-winner outcome.)