Wisconsin Lawmakers Want to End Party Primaries

[applegrove]

Wisconsin Lawmakers Want to End Party Primaries

March 28, 2021 at 6:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 100 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/28/wisconsin-lawmakers-want-to-end-party-primaries/

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“A bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers proposed a new kind of election system for Congressional races on Friday, arguing that the state’s existing system exacerbates partisanship and discourages compromise,” NBC News reports.

“Currently in Wisconsin, the winners of party primaries compete in the general election. This bill proposes switching to ‘Final-Five’ voting, which would require nonpartisan, single-ballot primaries in federal races. The top five candidates would then proceed to the general election, where voters would vote on ranked-choice ballots to determine a winner through an instant runoff.”

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[applegrove]

1. I can't figure out why they want to do this. Is this away to make it not

a race between a Trump approved nominee and a Democrat?

[dflprincess]

4. More likely a race between 1 Trump approved nominee

and 5 Democrats splitting the vote.

If there is a Republican incumbant, s/he is less apt to have a challenger but there could be several Democrats interested in the spot.

[applegrove]

7. Yes. Something they can manipulate because they don't like the numbers for

Trump approved nominees as we stand now.

[brooklynite]

8. No. RCV would eliminate splitting the vote.

[VMA131Marine]

11. Exactly.

RCV means you can vote for a third party candidate knowing that you can still select one of the major party candidates as your second choice.

[dflprincess]

12. You're right

I didn't it through.

[machoneman]

2. Never, EVER trust Republicans in WI....or anywhere else for that matter!

They ARE up to something.

[applegrove]

3. Do they think everyone's second choice will be the non Trump Republican so they would win

in the end?

[brush]

6. Yes, this is a bad idea. Why do republicans not want voters to know what party they are in?

We have this in Vegas and many times in the lower profile races if I don't know who the Dem candidates are (haven't researched them), I end up leaving slots unmarked. I want to know straight out who is a Dem and who is a republican so I don't accidentally vote for an effin' republican.

[tirebiter]

5. Jungle primarys have made California Blue

The Republicans are in third party status

[Indykatie]

9. This System Insures the 2 Most Extreme D and R Candidates Probably End Up Running at The End n/t

[VMA131Marine]

10. Why?

There’s no run-off with ranked choice voting.

[Celerity]

13. +1