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Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push
1 month ago

Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push

Associated Press  

— Two weeks before Election Day, activists from across the country gathered for an online rally heralding the historic number of state ballot initiatives seeking to change the way people vote. In Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota — a mixture of red, blue and purple states — voters rejected either ranked choice voting, open primaries …

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Ballot measures to upend state election systems failed across the country
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ballot measures to upend state election systems failed across the country

NPR  

Ballot measures to upend state election systems failed across the country toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Statewide efforts to adopt open and nonpartisan primaries, as well as ranked choice voting, failed in this year’s election, delivering a stinging setback to the election reform movement. “The pro-democracy ballot measures, including anti-gerrymandering reform and open primary-only initiatives, tended to …

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Marijuana legalization fails in Florida as numerous states approve citizen voting amendments
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Marijuana legalization fails in Florida as numerous states approve citizen voting amendments

The Hindu  

A costly campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida failed Tuesday as voters in dozens of states weighed more than 140 measures appearing on the ballot alongside races for president and top state offices. A South Dakota measure would repeal the state’s sales tax on groceries, a move already taken in most other states. An Oregon measure would required ranked …

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Nevada votes against election reform. It's part of a trend.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nevada votes against election reform. It's part of a trend.

NPR  

Nevada votes against election reform. Nevada voters turned down an effort to switch to nonpartisan primaries and ranked choice voting in general elections. It’s also too early to call Alaska’s effort to repeal nonpartisan primaries and ranked choice voting. A redistricting reform effort in Ohio — with ballot language many voters found confusing — lost as well. Reformers’ lone success …

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Portland's ranked choice voting experiment upends election
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Portland's ranked choice voting experiment upends election

Salon  

When developers announced plans for a new 38-bay diesel truck transfer station on the grounds of a long-abandoned K-Mart department store, East Portland, Oregon, residents who’d hoped it might become a grocery store instead quickly collected more than 6,600 signatures in opposition and worked to stop it. Portland’s four-member city council lived far from these neighborhoods, sometimes derided by locals …

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How different voting rules could kill the two-party system : Short Wave : NPR
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How different voting rules could kill the two-party system : Short Wave : NPR

NPR  

The voting system we use can determine the winner. Plurality voting Often called "first past the post" voting, in plurality voting, everyone votes for one, and only one, candidate. Sponsor Message Plurality voting is also vulnerable to vote splitting, when candidates with some similarity and potentially overlapping voter bases can pull votes away from each other. It's not complex," says …

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2024 Is Ranked Choice Voting’s Coming Out Party. But Not Everyone Wants To Celebrate.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

2024 Is Ranked Choice Voting’s Coming Out Party. But Not Everyone Wants To Celebrate.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Voters in four states and the District of Columbia will have a chance to adopt ranked choice voting through ballot measures on Tuesday, setting the stage for a potentially massive expansion of an alternative voting system in which voters rank candidates rather than only picking their top choice. “The elevator pitch is that ranked choice voting gives …

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Voters in several states could upend how their elections are run
3 months ago

Voters in several states could upend how their elections are run

NPR  

Voters in several states could upend how their elections are run toggle caption Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images Voters in a record number of states — including the battlegrounds of Arizona and Nevada — are set to decide this fall whether to enact far-reaching changes to how their elections are run. Nick Troiano — founding executive director of Unite America, …

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Ballot measures in 41 states give voters a say on abortion and other tough questions
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ballot measures in 41 states give voters a say on abortion and other tough questions

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. Elections Measures in Idaho, Montana, Nevada and South Dakota would create open primary elections, in which candidates from all parties appear on the same ballot and a certain number advance to the general election. The California measure would go further, declaring: “The right to marry is a fundamental right.” Pay …

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Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting

NPR  

Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting toggle caption Mark Thiessen/AP ST. LOUIS — Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10. If approved by voters, a GOP-backed measure set for the state ballot this fall …

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Election deniers oppose bill to process absentee ballots on Monday before elections
1 year ago

Election deniers oppose bill to process absentee ballots on Monday before elections

Raw Story  

At a hearing of the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, lawmakers heard hours of testimony from election conspiracy theorists in opposition to a bill that would allow election officials to begin processing absentee ballots on the Monday before an election. Republicans in Wisconsin have complained that in the state’s 2018 gubernatorial election and in the …

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Ranked choice is 'the hot reform' in democracy. Here's what you should know about it
1 year ago

Ranked choice is 'the hot reform' in democracy. Here's what you should know about it

NPR  

Ranked choice is 'the hot reform' in democracy. "Ranked choice voting is the hot reform," said Larry Jacobs, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota. In Alaska and Maine, currently the only states that will use ranked choice voting next year in 2024, even if there's a third-party challenger, Otis says voters will be able to just vote …

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What to expect during the ranked choice voting count in New York City Council races
1 year, 5 months ago

What to expect during the ranked choice voting count in New York City Council races

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — New York City elections officials began releasing preliminary results Wednesday from ranked choice voting in last week’s City Council primaries — but those results may change in the coming days and weeks as additional ballots are tallied. Wednesday’s release of preliminary ranked choice voting results indicates which candidates would win their primaries based on the latest available vote …

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AP Election Brief | What to expect in New York’s primaries
1 year, 6 months ago

AP Election Brief | What to expect in New York’s primaries

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — New York voters will choose candidates in local primary elections held across the state Tuesday. In New York City, a contest featuring a member of the exonerated “Central Park Five” tops the list of 23 City Council primaries throughout the city. As with all New York City Council races this year, this election will use a ranked choice …

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Maine considers ranked choice voting for governor races
1 year, 6 months ago

Maine considers ranked choice voting for governor races

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine is advancing a proposal that would make it the second state to elect its governor using ranked choice voting, and it is expected for a vote in the state Legislature in the coming weeks after receiving a key committee approval. The sponsor of the amendment proposal, Democratic Sen. Cameron Reny of Bristol, said the change would …

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EXPLAINER: How ranked choice voting works in Alaska
2 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: How ranked choice voting works in Alaska

Associated Press  

One voter, one ballot. The first ranked choice contest under the system was an August special election won by Democrat Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native to serve in the Congress and first woman to hold Alaska’s only House seat. Most Americans are used to casting their ballot for a single person for each office, but with a fierce contest …

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‘People are mad’: Portland votes on government changes
2 years, 1 month ago

‘People are mad’: Portland votes on government changes

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland’s official slogan is “The City That Works,” but after a tumultuous few years, many residents feel the city is anything but that. The proposal would scrap a century-old commission form of government that Portland is the last major U.S. city to use, and also implement a rare form of ranked choice voting. “People are really upset …

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These scenarios could play out on election night
2 years, 1 month ago

These scenarios could play out on election night

CNN  

CNN — We’re one day out from Election Day. If Republicans have a very good night, they could win the New Hampshire Senate race, where Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan is running for reelection against Republican Don Bolduc. If it’s a big Republican night, we could The bottom line is that if Republicans end up with close to 240 seats, then …

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“What’s the Scam?”: Inside the Republican Fight to Win Back Alaska
2 years, 3 months ago

“What’s the Scam?”: Inside the Republican Fight to Win Back Alaska

Slate  

When Mary Peltola won last month’s special election for Alaska’s sole seat in the House of Representatives, she became the first Democrat to take the position in half a century. “You can complain about ranked choice voting all you want, and you can go out with Donald Trump and say, ‘It’s rigged, and it’s this, and it’s that,’ ” she …

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Ranked choice voting supporters seek Oregon initiative
2 years, 10 months ago

Ranked choice voting supporters seek Oregon initiative

Associated Press  

SALEM, Ore. — Supporters of a voting method that allows people to rank candidates in order of preference want to give people in Oregon the chance to use the system in statewide elections. Co-petitioner Blair Bobier of Corvallis said the only difference is that one of them would include the presidential election in ranked choice voting, and the other would …

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Revised vote count shows Adams ahead in NYC mayoral primary
3 years, 5 months ago

Revised vote count shows Adams ahead in NYC mayoral primary

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Revised vote counts in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary show Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams maintaining a thin lead, a day after a first attempt to report the results of a ranked choice voting analysis went disastrously wrong. Garcia’s campaign said it would pursue the necessary legal steps to ensure that ranked choice votes “are fully …

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AP Explains: NYC election blunder spurs confusion
3 years, 5 months ago

AP Explains: NYC election blunder spurs confusion

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York City election officials created doubt about the integrity of the city’s mayoral primary Tuesday when a failure to clear old data from a computer system led to inaccurate vote tallies in the closely watched contest. The error also had the potential to do damage to the reputation of ranked choice voting, a system the city …

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NYC mayoral favorite Eric Adams maintains 'thin lead' over Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley
3 years, 5 months ago

NYC mayoral favorite Eric Adams maintains 'thin lead' over Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley

Daily Mail  

New York Mayoral frontrunner Eric Adams has retained a narrow margin over rivals Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley - hours after election officials admitted they'd accidentally added 135,000 test ballots to the total. New York City's first mayoral contest using ranked choice voting has been thrown into chaos after city election officials posted incorrect preliminary vote counts in the Democratic …

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Adams leads in NYC mayoral primary but 2 others have a shot
3 years, 6 months ago

Adams leads in NYC mayoral primary but 2 others have a shot

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In an election night speech to supporters, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams relished his initial lead in the race to become New York City’s next mayor, saying he was proud to have been many voters’ “first choice.” But under the city’s new ranked choice election system, the ultimate winner in the Democratic primary might be the candidate …

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