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So AZ is looking at this. Prop 140. If passed, it will implement an open primary and ranked voting. This was a voter-initiative.
The legislature tried to enshrine our current system in a different prop (prop 133).
It's odd, and not unique to AZ. It's like the legislature is apart from the people, and introduces things to negate what the people want. Several years ago there were opposing props on the ballot (I forget now what the issue was). If both had passed, they would have canceled each other (effectively) because they were diametrically opposed in what they did. It seems 140 and 133 are similar.
I looked at the opposition to 140, and it was made of trumpies, election deniers, and a sheriff who boasted he wouldn't follow the law (after the 2020 election). I always liked the idea of ranked voting. Seeing the folks lined up against it just solidified my vote.
No. of Recommendations: 4
It's odd, and not unique to AZ. It's like the legislature is apart from the people, and introduces things to negate what the people want.
This is very true of Utah where I live. It is truly one party rule here. No democrats among reps or senators at federal level and very few at state level.
Two years ago Utahns passed a ballot initiative to do away with partisan gerrymandering. The state legislature said NOPE. A judge just recently ruled that the legislature couldn't just negate the ballot measure, but they are now working on other ways to avoid the will of the people. One party rule sucks.
No. of Recommendations: 2
I looked at the opposition to 140, and it was made of trumpies, election deniers, and a sheriff who boasted he wouldn't follow the law (after the 2020 election). I always liked the idea of ranked voting. Seeing the folks lined up against it just solidified my vote.
We have ranked voting in WA state.
You're going to hate it when your #1 and #2 candidates in some races are both Republicans.
