Voters across the country weighed in on ranked choice voting ballot initiatives Tuesday, with a vast majority rejecting the system amid an intensifying debate over its effects on elections.
RCV, which allows voters to rank candidates by preference rather than selecting only one, has faced mounting opposition at both state and local levels. This year’s election results featured a mixed outcome, with state-level ballot measures predominantly failing but some cities voting to adopt or maintain RCV.
Here are the major takeaways from RCV ballot initiatives from the 2024 election.
Major defeats for RCV at state level
In several high-profile state initiatives, voters decisively turned down RCV.
Measures to implement RCV in Oregon and to introduce RCV and open primaries in Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada
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