Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is a bad idea, anywhere. Here in the Great Land, we’ve had a couple of hard lessons on just how bad it is, as we have been saddled with another term of Senator Princess Lisa Murkowski and Democrat Mary Peltola as our sole House representative, largely because of that ill-fated scheme.
RCV is on the ballot for repeal here in Alaska this fall, and with a bit of luck, we’ll dump it into history’s ashbin. But in the meantime, Mary Peltola’s reported friend and mentor, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) wants to take this bad idea nationwide. Must Read Alaska’s Suzanne Downing has the story:
Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a mentor and ally of Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska, is a sponsor of legislation to force ranked-choice voting onto U.S. congressional elections for both the House and Senate — across all the states.
Raskin and Democrat Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia reintroduced their Ranked Choice Voting Act. Sen. Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, introduced mirror legislation in the Senate.
Rep. Peltola got to Congress due to the curiosities and quirks of ranked-choice voting in Alaska’s 2022 election, brought on by a dark-money ballot initiative that passed in 2020 in Alaska.
Raskin has a problem with the Constitution and the orderly conduct of elections, you see, unless he personally agrees with the outcome:
Peltola is a close ally of Rep. Raskin. She joined Raskin’s “Democracy Summer” to train young people to be Democrat revolutionaries prepared to do battle should Donald Trump become president.
Raskin is on record saying he would stop Trump from becoming president by blocking his confirmation, and he’s been building the army of young Democrats to help him create “civil war conditions” if Trump wins in November.
Of course he does. Anyway to cheat. It’s the liberal way. You know ..the party of love and acceptance and assassination attempts.