{"id":2226992,"date":"2024-04-22T09:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/low-election-turnout-has-some-eying-ranked-choice-voting-for-2028\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T09:39:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:39:06","slug":"low-election-turnout-has-some-eying-ranked-choice-voting-for-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/low-election-turnout-has-some-eying-ranked-choice-voting-for-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"With low voter turnout, interest grows in ranked choice voting for 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Flow-election-turnout-has-some-eying-ranked-choice-voting-for-2028%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=2226992&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--><p>The recent presidential primary\u200d had a record-low turnout, sparking \u2063discussions about adopting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-house-passes-omnibus-election-reform-bill\/\" title=\"Georgia House Passes Omnibus Election Reform Bill\">ranked choice voting<\/a>.\u200c Illinois\u200d witnessed\u200b a\u200d mere 19% turnout, the lowest since 1972.\u2063 Efforts\u200c are underway \u200cto introduce ranked choice voting for the 2028 elections, aiming to enhance voter engagement and decision-making\u200b processes. This summary concisely \u200dcaptures the key points about the \u2064low turnout \u200bin the recent presidential primary, the consideration \u200dof ranked choice voting, and the plans to implement it in the 2028 elections to \u2062improve voter engagement and decision-making.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Voter turnout in last month\u2019s presidential primary election was the lowest in 52 years. Some argue changing to ranked choice voting could increase participation. Others worry it will confuse voters.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois State Board of Elections released their official canvas of the 2024 presidential primary and found 19% voter turnout. That\u2019s the lowest voter turnout since 1972.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Ranked-Choice Voting and Election Systems Task Force has been meeting with an eye on bringing about ranked choice voting for the 2028 presidential primary. During their meeting Monday, Barb Laimins said while the League of Women Voters don\u2019t have a position on ranked choice voting, they do support things to encourage more participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf RCV were to be implemented in Illinois, it would also accomplish, in addition, eliminate election by minority, improve democracy by voter participation and engagement,\u201d Laimins said.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked choice voting is where voters select several candidates, but rank them on most preferred versus least. Those rankings play in the final tally of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Others on the task force like, Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman, worried RCV would confuse voters looking for unofficial election outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when you\u2019re doing counts everyday, changing the results, changing which candidates are in, which ones are out, that just adds way too much confusion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>At a previous task force meeting, the group of appointed members said they were going to be drafting a final report for review and approval. That was not accomplished at Monday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p>At Friday\u2019s meeting, there were more questions about definitions, and whether the goal would be to only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-seek-to-ban-ranked-choice-voting-in-dc-elections\/\" title=\"House Republicans aim to prohibit ranked choice voting in DC elections.\">implement ranked choice voting<\/a> for the 2028 presidential primary candidates, or also for the presidential electors. Co-chair of the task force state, Sen. Laura Murphy, D-Des Plaines, said they clearly have a lot more they have to discuss in future meetings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not at the point yet of compiling that report draft. We\u2019re compiling all the information that we want included,\u201d she told the members. \u201cSo if there\u2019s something you find that was not included, if you want to let me know that would be helpful, and we\u2019ll make sure that we do include that because we have so much documentation throughout, we want to have one place where it is all located.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An agenda for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-activists-reject-reparations-plan-demand-more-than-1-2m-per-person\/\" title=\"Californian activists refuse reparations proposal, request over .2M per individual.\">recent task force meeting<\/a> said the group is looking to deliver a final report to the Illinois General Assembly by June 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month\u2019s presidential primary saw the lowest turnout in 52 years. Ranked choice voting is suggested to boost participation, but concerns about voter confusion linger. 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