Alaska’s predominantly Native regions delivered huge margins against repealing the state’s new elections system, despite facing continued logistical challenges to voting.
  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    44·
    4 days ago

    Ranked choice voting was on the ballot here in Colorado this election cycle. It failed because both Republicans and Democrats opposed it. One of the most progressive people I know voted against it because her “progressive voting guide” from the Democratic Party said it was bad.

    Weird how the two party system both don’t want meaningful changes made.

  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
    72·
    5 days ago

    In Alaska’s new system, all candidates regardless of party run in one primary that is open to all voters. Then, the top four candidates advance to the general election, at which stage voters can rank them. The state then tabulates the ballots and rankings until one winner emerges.

    I like it. More please.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
      8·
      4 days ago

      Better than “top two” primaries for sure. You do need choices in ranked choice but some ballots I’ve seen, almost a dozen candidates in a race, is a good way to encourage apathy or pretend it’s a straight ticket vote.

  • Montagge
    23·
    5 days ago

    I’m still not sure I can forgive Oregon voters for voting RCV down

    • NewWorldOverHere@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 days ago

      I watched it closely.

      For ~a week, it RCV was down by 4K votes.

      It was only in the last couple days that it started to pull ahead.

      Final tally had it win by only 664 votes.

  • Nougat@fedia.io
    18·
    5 days ago

    Ooo, this was a close one, right? I seem to recall that it was looking like RCV was going away in AK.

    • Lyrl@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      Partisan primaries tend to produce more extreme candidates. The hope is switching to a combined primary will result in moving candidates of more general appeal on to the general election.

      • LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 days ago

        I understand that. My question was: why is a primary needed in the first place? It makes sense with first past the post, but with ranked choice voting and instant runnoff, I don’t get why. Does the US constitution require state to organise primaries?

        • Lyrl@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          Primaries can have so many candidates the median voter is never going to learn about all of them. A primary is a reasonable way to down-select to a candidate pool where they all have a chance to make their case to voters without being seen as noise.