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Save Our States executive director Trent England recently wrote about the failures of ranked-choice voting at The Center Square:

Americans are frustrated with politics, and one group claims to have the answer. Self-appointed election reformers promise that if we enact their plans, things will get better. One problem is that they have a lot of different, conflicting proposals. Worse, many of them would double-down on past reform mistakes. A recent string of losses on state ballot measures should be a wake-up call for reformers – if they’re willing to learn.

Just two years ago,ranked-choice voting(RCV) was “hot” and “the ‘it’ reform”accordingto a Minnesota political science professor interviewed by NPR. Maine had adopted RCV in 2016 and Alaska in 2020.