Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08) renewed their efforts to bring ranked choice voting to U.S. congressional elections, reintroducing their *Ranked Choice Voting Act *. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) is introducing companion legislation in the Senate.

The legislation would require ranked choice voting (RCV) in all congressional primary and general elections starting in 2028, allowing voters to express support for multiple candidates for public office, with the candidate receiving the most votes declared the winner.

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      2 months ago

      yeah, that would be the idea. Speaking of making it for the people, i’ve thought about removing campaigning, and just instituting a “campaign policy” mandate instead. Bit of a long shot, but maybe if we knew less about these people, and cared about them less, things would be less personable, which is probably good at the federal level.

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          2 months ago

          that’s probably the money, and the sensibility talking, i like to imagine worlds in which really silly things happen though.

          Wait no we live there.