Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-24 17:11:02 | Updated at 2024-12-04 09:11:32 1 week ago

Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push
AP ^ | 11/23/24 | David A. Lieb

Posted on 11/24/2024 8:39:55 AM PST by DallasBiff

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two weeks before Election Day, activists from across the country gathered for an online rally heralding the historic number of state ballot initiatives seeking to change the way people vote. Hopes were high that voters would ditch traditional partisan primaries and embrace ballots with more candidate choices.

Instead, the election reform movement lost almost everywhere it appeared on a statewide ballot.

“It turns out, in retrospect, we weren’t yet ready for prime time,” said John Opdycke, president of the advocacy group Open Primaries, which organized the rally.

In Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota — a mixture of red, blue and purple states — voters rejected either ranked choice voting, open primaries or a combination of both.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; open; rankedchoice

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Poor AP, they are sad.

1 posted on 11/24/2024 8:39:55 AM PST by DallasBiff

To: DallasBiff

“Election reform”. To a liberal that means business as usual with millions of fraudulent ballots.

2 posted on 11/24/2024 8:42:41 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)

To: DallasBiff

Two election reforms that I think would pass everywhere.

Must have a valid photo ID to vote.
Must be legal American Citizen to vote.

Opinion polls whatever they are worth show huge support for both things across all political lines.

Put those two simple to understand reforms on the ballot and I think you would see a major difference in voting patterns.

3 posted on 11/24/2024 8:44:08 AM PST by srmanuel ( the)

To: DallasBiff

Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push

Voters rejected historic election FIXING attempts across the US, despite more than $100M push, proving Constitutional Americans still exist.

4 posted on 11/24/2024 8:45:01 AM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)

To: DallasBiff

I want election reform: in person voting with picture ID required. No mail in ballots for federal elections. Absentee ballots only in very limited circumstances.

5 posted on 11/24/2024 8:47:23 AM PST by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")

To: Navy Patriot

The “reforms” were mostly ranked choice voting, which is a tool to get liberals elected with a minority of the vote and was rejected in all states except Alaska where it won by 600 votes. The left spent 100 million pushing it, a lot of it reportedly dark foreign money.

6 posted on 11/24/2024 8:53:30 AM PST by laconic ( )

To: srmanuel

“Must have a valid photo ID to vote.
Must be legal American Citizen to vote.”

“Dangerous, right-wing proposals” is what the AP would say.

7 posted on 11/24/2024 8:56:32 AM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)

To: ChessExpert

Put them on the ballot and let’s see what happens.

8 posted on 11/24/2024 8:58:36 AM PST by srmanuel ( the)

To: laconic

The “reforms” were mostly ranked choice voting, which is a tool to get liberals elected with a minority of the vote...

You are correct, as am I, "ranked choice voting" IS election fixing.

9 posted on 11/24/2024 9:08:52 AM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)

To: Responsibility2nd

IN NEVADA-—it was rejected.

NONE of the ads promoting it ever said a WORD about RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

Primary participation can be changed WITHOUT inserting RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

10 posted on 11/24/2024 9:09:38 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)

To: srmanuel

Many states had VOTER ID on the ballot.

IIRC—IT DID PASS...

11 posted on 11/24/2024 9:10:14 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)

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