Republicans debate merits of Idaho’s election reform initiative at City Club forum
Republicans debate merits of Idaho’s election reform initiative at City Club forum
Unless a court says otherwise, voters in November will decide on a ballot initiative that would overhaul how Idahoans cast votes in state elections. A panel of speakers at a City Club of Boise forum Tuesday in downtown Boise delved into the details of Idaho’s current closed primary election system, ...
“It is confusing. And many, many ballots are discarded; not because people chose not to vote, it’s because they didn’t fill them out correctly,” Luna said of ranked-choice voting.
How is it confusing? You either rank your candidates 1-2-3-4-5, or you put an X beside your favourite and call it a day. Both ballots can (and should) be equally valid ballots in an instant run-off election. I'd love to see some hard data on how many spoiled ballots there actually are.