Elected officials across the political spectrum and local Democratic and Republican parties are fighting against ranked-choice voting as the election system will be considered by voters in multiple states next year.
RCV is an election process being introduced in states across the country, but is facing pushback from both sides of the political aisle, including efforts to ban it.
In Colorado and Nevada, elected officials have also warned against RCV. Colorado county clerks have expressed concerns over lower voter turnout due to RCV's complexity and likely negative impact on the security of the state's election system, according to Coloradoan.
Federal lawmakers have two bills pending regarding RCV. The Senate bill endorses RCV. Called the Voter Choice Act and reintroduced last month by Senators Angus King, I-Maine, and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., would provide "$40 million in federal grants to cover up to 50 percent of the cost for state and local governments that choose to adopt RCV" for federal elections, according to King's press release.
The House bill, the One Vote One Choice Act, introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in May, would "Prohibit States from using ranked choice voting to carry out an election for Federal office."
After Election Day 2024, Snead said that Americans could wake up to "One-fifth of the states in the nation" using RCV in future elections, which would "Be a massive shift in the way Americans are conducting elections." He believes RCV is "Detrimental" to "Transparency," as it "Turns elections into a black box," leading to delays in counting votes, more difficult recounts, election results being "Harder to understand, and discouraging people from voting."
"RCV is elite-choice voting," Snead said, adding that the "Same cohorts of big money donors on the left are pushing this, weakening the party apparatus," so that they will be "In position to step in and fill the gap." He believes that "Liberal mega-donors are buying a new election system" that will "Cater to their interests" and help push politics further left.
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