Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08) renewed their efforts to bring ranked choice voting to U.S. congressional elections, reintroducing their *Ranked Choice Voting Act *. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) is introducing companion legislation in the Senate.

The legislation would require ranked choice voting (RCV) in all congressional primary and general elections starting in 2028, allowing voters to express support for multiple candidates for public office, with the candidate receiving the most votes declared the winner.

  • KillingTimeItself
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    62 months ago

    i mean, i would disagree, but i see what you’re pushing for here.

    This is an issue that exceeds the importance of almost all other issues, aside from like, the immediate danger that electing trump would have.

    you should still vote, but push really hard for voting reform, shit’s important.

    • LustyArgonianMana
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      12 months ago

      Yeah exactly, I was being a bit hyperbolic there but I do think this is a unifying issue for pretty much anyone from any party.

      Funny enough the other thing that really gets people under 50 going is talking about high speed rail done well and effectively here as public transportation. Something conservative men really like about trains lol, I’ll take it

      • @CheeseNoodle
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        32 months ago

        UK resident here, beware of rich people offering you trains.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        22 months ago

        Yeah exactly, I was being a bit hyperbolic there but I do think this is a unifying issue for pretty much anyone from any party.

        that is true, as far as a unification tactic, both voting reform and certain public ventures would be highly effective, we should definitely setup bipartisan organizations for these things.

        • LustyArgonianMana
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          22 months ago

          Agree :) Make government for the people, not for 2 specific political groups

          • KillingTimeItself
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            22 months ago

            yeah, that would be the idea. Speaking of making it for the people, i’ve thought about removing campaigning, and just instituting a “campaign policy” mandate instead. Bit of a long shot, but maybe if we knew less about these people, and cared about them less, things would be less personable, which is probably good at the federal level.

            • LustyArgonianMana
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              22 months ago

              Yes, I am very curious to hear about ideas for campaign reform. Hard for me to imagine alternatives, for some reason

              • KillingTimeItself
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                22 months ago

                that’s probably the money, and the sensibility talking, i like to imagine worlds in which really silly things happen though.

                Wait no we live there.