I didn’t know that, the states with constitutional amendments it’s not so easy as removing them, it takes supermajorities, I think 3/4 of lawmakers to overturn. Some referendums are just statutory or order lawmakers to do things, which are doomed to be subverted obviously, as we saw with Florida’s felon voter enfranchisement law years back.
Michigan should be voting on one soon, it might even me in this next election. The vote is tighter than previous amendments like marijuana or ending gerrymandering though.
If the US would just fet rid of FPTP completely and embrace proportional representation, new parties would have a chance.
States are adopting ranked choice voting as we speak. Mostly just states with voter sponsored ballot initiatives, which includes 30 some of them.
They are also removing them after it hurt them in elections (see Alaska)
I didn’t know that, the states with constitutional amendments it’s not so easy as removing them, it takes supermajorities, I think 3/4 of lawmakers to overturn. Some referendums are just statutory or order lawmakers to do things, which are doomed to be subverted obviously, as we saw with Florida’s felon voter enfranchisement law years back.
Michigan should be voting on one soon, it might even me in this next election. The vote is tighter than previous amendments like marijuana or ending gerrymandering though.