Election reform advocates had hoped for a big year at the ballot box. That's because a historic number of states were considering initiatives for ranked choice voting or to end partisan primaries.

Summary

Voters across eight states, including Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada, rejected ballot measures for election reforms such as ranked choice voting (RCV) and open primaries, despite a $110 million push from advocates.

The movement, inspired by Alaska’s 2020 adoption of these reforms, failed to gain traction, with critics citing confusion and doubts over RCV’s benefits.

Some reforms succeeded locally, including in Portland, Oregon, but opposition remains strong.

  • Admiral PatrickEnglish
    91•2 days ago

    “RCV is too confusing” say people who have no problem filling out sports brackets 🙄

    • dave@hal9000
      4•7 hours ago

      Well, you just came up with a great way to sell it, since we are already basically treating politics like sports. Brackets for president!

      • @littlewonder
        1•4 hours ago

        I had this exact thought! It’s a simple comparison with a subtle nod to acceptance of the somewhat-more-likely-to-be-conservative blue collar crowd.

        The progressives need better messaging on literally everything. I’m only into marketing as a side interest and some of the crap the Democrats put out is infuriatingly bad–especially considering it’s up against the fascist/corporatist propaganda machine.