Illinois weighs political reform with ranked choice voting – Forum – Crain’s

Voters in Evanston will see a new type of ballot in the city's next local election that will allow them to rank candidates from highest to lowest preference. The method, called ranked choice voting, is designed to ensure that a candidate wins with a majority of voters. It also attempts to solve the conflict posed by third-party spoiler candidates.
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debtsor
5 months ago

Alaska, a solidly red state, decided to go to ranked choice voting for the 2022 election, after a Democrat ballot initiative that passed by 3,000 votes. And guess what? For the first time in generations, ranked choice voting produced a Democrat for Alaska’s Congressional Rep. Amazing how that works, right? Alaska turned blue after ranked choice voting!

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