Alaska and Maine already use ranked-choice voting, which supporters say could lead to more moderate politics. But it has been rejected in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.

In one of the most closely watched elections in Idaho, the Proposition 1 ballot initiative that sought to end closed party primary elections and bring ranked-choice voting to general elections, was defeated,

Ballot measures in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Colorado all failed easily last night, with voters rejecting similar ranked choice and open primary reforms that proponents argued would create more competitive political races, more choices and more moderate candidates.

Voters in several states will decide whether they want to give this new system, which involves ranking candidates by order of preference, a try.

Initiatives related to ranked choice voting) in political primaries and general elections were on the ballots in eight statesandelectoralsystemballotmeasures,2024) and the District of Columbia. On the ballots were also an initiative that would repeal ranked choice voting (RCV) and restore plurality elections in Alaska,

Advocates hoped for big victories to build momentum for a system they say gives voters better choices at the ballot box.

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