Non-partisan elections and primary-election innovations, like Alaska’s adoption of the Top-4 primary, have fundamental differences.
Election Methods articles on Democracy Chronicles
This election methods reform section will highlight alternatives to the widely used plurality voting system like approval, ranked and instant-runoff voting. See our entire section called Voting Methods Central. Also see our section on American democracy.
Approval Voting For Seattle City Elections
Seattle will determine whether to adopt a new system of voting that would allow voters to choose as many candidates as they like.
Our System of Primary Elections Could Destroy Democracy
With the plurality system, if the winner has only one-third of the votes, that means two-thirds were on the losing side of the vote, expert.
A Rational Two-Party System?
Partisan primaries followed by a plurality-winner general election is a sensible way for an electorate to make a clear policy choice?
The Conservative Case For Proportional Representation
Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen calls on Congress to find a bipartisan accord to abolish gerrymandering, offering three options.
Gubernatorial Plurality Wins Highlight the Need for Ranked Voting
When a candidate takes office without a majority vote the question is whether the outcome could be different if narrowed to two frontrunners.
Mock M&M Election Teaches Alaskans About Ranked Voting
There are paper cups with eight different kinds of M&M near the entrance to Amalga Distillery in Juneau for a mock ranked choice vote.
San Diego Considers Ranked Choice Voting For City Elections
Except in contests with at least six candidates, the plan would remove the primary. Only November polls would be held in races with less.
Deep-Red Utah Embraced Voting By Mail. Then Came 2020
Utah is the second-most Republican state. The state had embraced mail voting but things have changed somewhat as from 2020.
A Critique Of California’s Ballot Designation Statute
While the language of the ballot designation statute has stayed unmuted, it has become vehicle for politicians to reach out to voters.