Huge Victory for Alaska Voters: Supreme Court Clears Path for November Vote to Repeal Ranked Choice Voting!
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Explain why RCV is bad. It seems good on paper
I'd like to know too.
Here's a decent article on it.
https://thefga.org/ranked-choice-voting-is-a-disaster/
In Maine’s 2018 Second Congressional District election, more than 8,000 ballots were thrown in the trash. Bruce Poliquin (R) received 46.33 percent of the vote ahead of Jared Golden’s (D) 45.58 percent. But since Poliquin didn’t receive 50 percent, there was a second round of tabulation. The secretary of state threw out more than 8,000 ballots and Golden was declared the winner—but with only 49.2 percent of the total ballots cast. In Alaska’s 2022 congressional special election, Republican candidates received 60 percent of the vote in the first round, but the Democrat won. Nearly 15,000 were trashed, and the Democrat won by a little more than 5,000 votes.
So what is the problem here? That the sec of state in Maine threw out votes? Did he do it because people didn't follow instructions and voted for one candidate?
And in Alaska this doesn't make sense. There's a second voting round that should take place beyween the Repub and Dem candidate. Like Louisiana. Yea?