Ranked-choice voting (RCV)
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RCV trends: Four states ban RCV in 2025, bringing the number of states with bans to 15.

(Okay idk why it says 15 up here then later says 16, somebody on that site probably didn’t update the title text)

As of April 30, five states had banned RCV in 2025, which brought the total number of states that prohibit RCV to 16.

  • Gov. Mark Gordon (Republican) signed HB 165 on March 18.
  • West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (Republican) signed SB 490 the March 19.
  • Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (Democrat) signed SB 6 into law on April 1.
  • North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong (Republican) signed HB 1297 on April 15.
  • Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) signed HB 1706 which became law on April 17.

Six states banned RCV in 2024.

Why YSK: If you’re a US-American, its time to pay attention to State and Local politics instead of solely on the Federal. There is a trend in conservative jurisdictions to stop progress in making elecoral systems more fair. Use this opportunity as a rallying-cry to pass Ranked-Choice Voting in progressive jurisdictions, and hopefully everyone else takes notes. Sometimes, all you need is a few states adopting a law to become the catalyst for it to become the model for the entire country, for better or for worse. Don’t allow anti-RCV legislations to dominate, counter the propaganda with pro-RCV arguments. Time to turn the tide.

Edit: fixed formatting

Edit 2: Added in the map so you don’t have to click the link:

See the pattern? 🤔

  • lowleekun@ani.social
    105·
    3 days ago

    “Obey! Resistance is futile 🤖” Thats how you sound my friend. I know it is not easy to see any ways out of the shit the U.S. is in but giving up beforehand is called doomerism and it is one of the biggest cancers alive.

    • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      To add on to this: Maine did add RCV, as well as many blue cities in blue states, refer to the map I just added to the post (it’s a screenshot from the source).

      • FrostBlazer@lemm.ee
        3·
        3 days ago

        If we keep growing interest locally, people will become more familiar with the alternatives. The more cities and counties that use alternative voting systems, the easier it gets to pass these alternative systems statewide.

        While many state lawmakers are determined to push back against alternative voting systems, there is always the possibility of flipping the rules back down the line, especially if more states in general flip blue, progressive, or independent.

    • meco03211@lemmy.world
      83·
      3 days ago

      Did you read the same comment as me? I read that as “why would the powers that be wilfully give up the path to that power?”

      They’re not saying “obey”. They’re saying this shouldn’t be a surprise.

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
        72·
        3 days ago

        This is in fact what I meant to convey.

        This is a fight worth fighting even if it is futile as it will expose how nasty the oppression really is. Most people assume everything is kosher because they never try to step out from the normie way of thinking where they accept everything as is.

      • lowleekun@ani.social
        58·
        3 days ago

        No.

        The comment is belittling a call to action as if it is futile because ‘the powers that be’ won’t let you act against them. Which is bullshit. Republicans biggest power comes from political inaction and resignation. They aswell have used the system to play us all and now want every opposition to believe it is too late. Talking about nefarious powers will do exactly nothing but invoke doomerism.

        • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
          84·
          3 days ago

          You are injecting heavy opinion here. That’s not what I meant and there others who didn’t read like you did… But sure fight you a wind mill boy

    • chingadera@lemmy.world
      31·
      3 days ago

      For real, you better count on sunzu1/2/3 to come out and give up all hope while indirectly giving us his infinite wisdom.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      32·
      3 days ago

      I am not giving up. I am commenting on the current political conditions.

      Also, my work speaks for itself and obey aint it ;)

      People must exhaust this avenue among others before borne understands the conditions imposed on him/her

      At least people are waking so team peasant got that going. It will take a generation or two.

      Remember that by the time FDR stepped in plebs spent 2-3 generations shedding blood for the cause. But it still took a cripled nepo baby with sympathy for the common man, along with parasites botching the economy for the change to happen. And it only lasted like 40 years.