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.
As always I’d prefer a better system like approval or star voting, but I’ll take any progress over no progress.
It is incredibly annoying that the worst improvement is the most popular, isn’t it. Do you have the option to put through a referendum in your city/county/state? City referendums are usually accessible enough that you and your friends can commit to getting it done with a little legal help from an established organization like Election Science.
I looked it up, we’d have to get about 12k signatures just to get it on the ballot. At which point it could still get shot down in court (it looks like a previous referendum to boycot isreal city wide got shot down at this stage).
So this would be quite a bit bigger of a task than just a few friends. But you’re right, this is probably worth doing, or at least bringing attention to the relevant local groups which I’ve been meaning to join.
Hells yeah, have at it!
No, please don’t split the vote against FPTP. That’s how you get more FPTP.
What are you talking about?