Some House Democrats want to pass ranked-choice voting bill this year

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Some House Democrats hope to pass legislation this year that would give voters the option to list their choices in order of preference in future federal elections, a practice known as ranked-choice voting.

It’s part of a package of reforms designed to reduce extremism in politics, making politicians more responsive to the majority of voters rather than the noisy minorities in both parties. Advocates also want to increase the number of House members for the first time in over 100 years, and to move to multimember congressional districts.

“The most likely piece, which I hope we can pass this year, is just ranked-choice voting in primaries and general elections for federal elections,” Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., told Yahoo News.

The package of reforms is “a medium- to long-term project,” Beyer said in an interview on “The Long Game,” a Yahoo News podcast. But it’s hard to know how many Democrats in Congress would support such legislation, much less Republicans.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/some-house-democrats-want-to-pass-ranked-choice-voting-bill-this-year/ar-BB1diBVG?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP

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1. I'm all for it!

The problem is that ranked choice voting probably isn't beneficial to either of our two major parties. Beneficial for voters and the country yes, but the two major parties, no.

Ranked choice opens the doors for smaller parties to play more than just a spoiler role in elections, with only occasional special-case victories.

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2. Yes, ranked choice voting also cuts down on the spoiler effect.

https://www.governing.com/now/Voting-Problems-Open-Door-to-Election-Alternatives.html

Rather than worrying about having to support a Democrat or a Republican as the only plausible winners, people can vote for their favorites, knowing that the eventual winner won’t sneak in because votes were “wasted” on an independent or minor party candidate. “It allows people to vote their conscience, but makes sure we have a majority winner,” says Alex Kaplan, vice president of policy and campaigns at RepresentUs, an election reform advocacy group.