{"id":2085047,"date":"2023-10-31T09:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ranked-choice-voting-is-the-monster-under-the-bed-of-american-elections\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T09:03:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:03:50","slug":"ranked-choice-voting-is-the-monster-under-the-bed-of-american-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ranked-choice-voting-is-the-monster-under-the-bed-of-american-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranked-choice voting is a hidden threat to American elections."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Franked-choice-voting-is-the-monster-under-the-bed-of-american-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2085047&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Democrats Using Ranked-Choice Voting to Manipulate Elections, Report \u200bFinds<\/h2>\n<p>According to a new report from the Foundation for Government Accountability \u200c(FGA), Democrats are leveraging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-has-commanding-lead-in-nyc-mayoral-race-poll-shows\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang Has Commanding Lead In NYC Mayoral Race, Poll Shows\">ranked-choice voting<\/a> (RCV) to \u200cgain an\u200d advantage \u2063for \u2062their \u200bparty and undermine the confidence of voters in elections across the\u2064 country.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 report,\u2062 which can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/thefga.org\/research\/ranked-choice-voting-partisan-plot-to-disrupt-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, reveals how Democrats exploit the complexities of RCV \u200cto diminish trust in the electoral process. RCV, also known as &#8220;rigged-choice voting&#8221; by critics, allows\u200c voters to rank candidates in\u200b order of preference. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of first-choice votes, the last-place finisher is eliminated, and their votes are redistributed to the voters&#8217; second-choice\u2063 candidate.<\/p>\n<p>This process continues until one candidate secures a majority\u200d of votes.<\/p>\n<p>While both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-parliament-votes-unanimously-to-recognize-chinas-genocide\/\" title=\"Canadian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Recognize China\u2019s Genocide\">major political parties<\/a> have supported RCV in\u200d the past, \u200cit is primarily Democrats who are advocating for its adoption in future elections at the state and local levels. Out of\u2062 the 74 pro-RCV bills introduced in state legislatures last year, 57 \u2062were sponsored solely by Democrats, while only 8 percent of the \u200bbills received bipartisan \u200dsupport. Republicans introduced\u2062 16 out of the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ranked-choice-voting-is-the-monster-under-the-bed-of-american-elections\/\" title=\"Ranked-choice voting is a hidden threat to American elections.\">17 bills opposing ranked-choice voting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report \u200cstates, &#8220;Part of \u2062the reason for this increase is legislators have seen the \u2062system allow\u200b less popular Democrats beat more popular Republicans in \u2062federal races in both Maine and Alaska.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200belection outcomes in Alaska and Maine, where RCV has been implemented, contradict the claim \u200bthat the system ensures majority support for elected officials. In Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola won the state&#8217;s at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-house-republicans-voted-to-impeach-trump-heres-where-they-stand-today\/\" title=\"10 House Republicans Voted to Impeach Trump: Here\u2019s Where They Stand Today\">-large congressional seat<\/a> despite nearly 60 percent of voters casting \u2063their ballots for a \u200cRepublican. Thousands of votes were discarded due to &#8220;ballot exhaustion,&#8221; where\u2062 voters only selected one \u2062candidate, resulting\u200c in their ballots being invalidated.<\/p>\n<p>A similar situation occurred in a 2018 Maine congressional race, where \u2063the incumbent Republican lost to a Democrat\u200b despite receiving the most votes \u200cin the first round. Over 8,000 ballots were deemed &#8220;exhausted&#8221; and disregarded.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from discarded ballots, RCV also leads to delayed election results and confusion\u200c among voters. New York City&#8217;s 2021 Democrat mayoral primary experienced counting errors that took a\u200c week and 11 rounds of tabulations\u2063 to rectify. Arlington, Virginia, decided not\u200c to use RCV for its\u2062 fall elections due to voter confusion and concerns \u2063about outreach efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d report concludes by urging lawmakers to follow the lead of states like Florida and Tennessee in banning the\u2062 use of RCV in future elections. \u2063It argues that RCV is not a non-partisan solution but\u200d rather a\u200b scheme by \u200dthe Left to disenfranchise voters and elect \u200cmore Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>States such as South Dakota, Idaho, and Montana have already implemented bans \u2062on RCV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does \u2062the FGA&#8217;s report suggest that Democrats use ranked-choice \u2062voting to manipulate\u200c election outcomes?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Uture elections. The \u2062FGA&#8217;s report highlights\u200c how this push\u2063 for RCV is part of a larger strategy by\u2062 Democrats to manipulate election outcomes and consolidate their power.<\/p>\n<p>The report\u200c reveals that \u2064Democrats\u2062 use RCV to strategically eliminate candidates who are likely to receive a significant number of\u2064 votes from conservative\u200d voters. By redistributing \u2062the\u2064 votes of the eliminated candidates to the second-choice candidates \u2064of liberals, \u2063Democrats can increase their chances of winning elections. \u2064This manipulation of the electoral process \u2064undermines the principles of democracy and fairness. It\u200b allows for the possibility of a candidate winning who may not have had\u200d the highest number of \u2063first-choice votes, but rather benefited from the redistribution of eliminated candidates&#8217; votes.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, \u2064the report highlights how RCV can confuse and disenfranchise voters. The complexity of the ranking system can be difficult for some voters to understand, \u200bpotentially leading\u200b to errors in voting or lower voter turnout. Democrats exploit this confusion\u200d to their advantage, knowing that \u200dless-informed \u2064voters may be more \u2063likely to vote for their preferred candidate\u2064 as a first-choice without considering\u200b their second or third choices. This gives Democrats\u2062 an advantage by consolidating\u2064 their support among less-informed voters, while conservative voters may be spread across multiple candidates.<\/p>\n<p>By promoting RCV as a means to improve democracy and encourage voter participation, Democrats are disingenuously masking their true intentions. \u200cIn\u200b reality,\u2062 their support for RCV is driven by\u2063 a desire\u200c to manipulate the electoral process and\u2064 gain an unfair \u2062advantage. The FGA&#8217;s report\u200b calls for greater transparency and scrutiny of \u2064the Democrats&#8217; use of\u2062 RCV, emphasizing the need \u2062to protect the integrity of elections and ensure equal representation for all voters.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200creport serves as a\u2063 wake-up \u2063call for\u2062 both voters and \u200bpolicymakers. It is essential that we recognize and\u200c address the partisan manipulation of\u200d our electoral system. Measures \u200bshould \u2064be taken to ensure that the\u200c electoral process remains fair and unbiased, without allowing \u2064any one party \u200dto \u2063exploit it for their \u200down gain. Transparency, education, and public awareness are crucial in protecting\u2062 the integrity of our democratic institutions \u200cand preventing manipulation of elections.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064conclusion,\u2063 the FGA&#8217;s report exposes the\u200b Democrats&#8217; use\u200d of ranked-choice voting as\u200d a tool\u2062 for manipulating elections and undermining\u2062 voter confidence. It\u200c is \u2064imperative that we address\u2062 this issue and protect \u200dthe integrity of our electoral\u200d process. \u200cBy advocating for transparency and\u200c fair representation, we can \u2064ensure that our \u200belections truly reflect the will of the people and uphold \u200bthe principles of democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a new analysis by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) reveals that Democrats are exploiting ranked-choice voting (RCV) to gain an advantage and undermine voter confidence in elections. 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