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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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How different voting rules could kill the two-party system : Short Wave : NPR
1 month, 3 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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Maine and Alaska: A Unique System of Ranked Choice Voting Could Decide the Future of the House
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Maine and Alaska: A Unique System of Ranked Choice Voting Could Decide the Future of the House

Associated Press  

An uncommon system of voting called ranked choice voting could decide which party controls the US House this fall. In Maine and Alaska, voters in competitive congressional districts will elect a winner using ranked choice voting. Rather than cast a single vote for their preferred candidate, voters rank their choices in order of preference on the ballot. If a candidate …

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Possibility of ranked-choice voting in Colorado faces a hurdle with new law
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Possibility of ranked-choice voting in Colorado faces a hurdle with new law

Associated Press  

DENVER — As a Colorado group gathers signatures to put a measure on the ballot installing ranked-choice voting in the state, Gov. If ranked voting makes the ballot in Colorado, the voters in the state would join those in Oregon, Alaska and Nevada who will decide on ranked voting in November. If the ballot measure passes, the new law signed …

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Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November
7 months ago

Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box. Opponents of ranked voting want to repeal it and are entangled in a legal fight over whether their …

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Backers of an effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked voting system fined by campaign finance watchdog
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Backers of an effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked voting system fined by campaign finance watchdog

Associated Press  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Supporters of an effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting system have been fined more than $94,000 after the commission that enforces state campaign finance rules found disclosure and other violations. Kevin Clarkson, an attorney representing the opponents of ranked voting who were fined by the Alaska Public Offices Commission, said they intend to challenge some of …

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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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Groups get creative to help Alaska voters with ranked voting
2 years, 4 months ago

Groups get creative to help Alaska voters with ranked voting

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — Drag performers shimmied up and down a walkway between café tables, as enthusiastic patrons took photos, waved cash and filled out ballots ranking the shows. The mock election, fueled by performances that brought the din of an Anchorage, Alaska, café to a roar, was aimed at teaching voters about the state’s new ranked choice voting system. The …

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Alaska House candidates talk ranked voting ahead of election
2 years, 4 months ago

Alaska House candidates talk ranked voting ahead of election

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska U.S. House candidate Sarah Palin on Monday said the state’s ranked choice voting system “needs to be changed,” though Alaska has yet to conduct an election under the system. Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, during a candidate forum broadcast by Juneau radio station KINY said the ranked voting system is “so frustrating for so …

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EXPLAINER: How Alaska’s unique new election system works
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Alaska’s unique new election system works

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska elections will be held for the first time this year under a unique new system that scraps party primaries and uses ranked choice voting in general elections. It calls for an open primary in which all candidates for a given race appear on the ballot, regardless of party affiliation, followed by ranked voting in the general …

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Maine’s ranked choice voting rules and procedures, explained
4 years, 1 month ago

Maine’s ranked choice voting rules and procedures, explained

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — For the first time in U.S. history, voters will use ranked choice voting to determine their pick for president of the United States. Maine’s use of ranked voting comes as Alaska and Massachusetts voters consider statewide votes to adopt the voting method. The method works Ranked voting arrives on Maine’s presidential ballots in a year when three …

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Maine’s historic ranked vote could play big role in election
4 years, 2 months ago

Maine’s historic ranked vote could play big role in election

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — The presence of ranked choice voting on the ballot in Maine is a new wrinkle in a state famous for its own Yankee brand of political independence, and could play a role in deciding the presidency. Maine’s vote this year is a test case for whether the system can work elsewhere, said Craig Burnett, a Hofstra University …

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