"New Ballot Initiative Proposes Bringing Ranked-Choice Voting And Open Primaries To D.C."
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From Martin Austermuhle for DCist: New Ballot Initiative Proposes Bringing Ranked-Choice Voting And Open Primaries To D.C.
Essentially, some activists from wards 7 and 8 are trying to get a measure on the 2024 ballot for semi-open primaries (where independents can vote in any party's primary) and rank choice voting, which if passed would apply for the 2026 elections. They're teaming up with some of the people who ran the I-71 and I-82 campaigns. I think this is a positive advancement, it could manage to break up some of the political machines in this city and lead to better representation on the council (instead of having at-large members get elected with 14% of the vote). Definitely will be signing for it to get on the ballot and voting for it if possible. |
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| I would be in favor of this idea. |
Anonymous
| 100% in favor of this. I hate that my ward's Council rep won less than 30% in the primary and that was the toughest competition they will face in their career. They can basically choose to remain on the Council for life. |
Anonymous
| IRV is a great solution. That is why it will not happen in DC unless it is adopted as a federal standard. |
Anonymous
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A jungle primary is what's needed. Ranked choice won't do anything if the general election is still 1 from each party.
I'd still sign it though |
Anonymous
| I think Ranked-Choice Voting would be great, and hope more good people get on the ballots. I just hope they don't do something crazy like Alaska did combining ranked choice voting with a jungle primary |
Anonymous
| I've heard it said that ranked choice voting is how NYC finally got a moderate mayor, no? Sounds promising to me! |
Anonymous
| No one will understand it. |
Anonymous
| I don't see how current Council members like Charles Allen would ever let this happen. He'd be toast if there was any real competition. |
Anonymous
Why would that be crazy? What Alaska did was good. It allowed Lisa Murkowski to vote her conscience and stay in office. It allowed Peltota to beat Sarah Palin. |
Anonymous
| Ranked choice voting and publicly funded campaigns would solve 50% of our political problems in a few years. |
Anonymous
Ranked choice voting wasn’t a thing when Bloomberg was elected |
Anonymous
I’m not completely sure of the details but it seems like it is partisan primaries open to unaffiliated voters with RCV and then an RCV general. The RCV general may be overkill. Will be interesting to see the details in any event. |