Voters in several states last week delivered a stinging rebuke to ranked choice voting, clouding the future of an idea that had seen strong momentum in recent years.
In this case, the ranked choice voting is supposed to serve as an instant primary.
I guess you could run a 16 candidate primary and narrow it down to the top 6 for a rank 6 general election, but you’d still have the same problem, you’d just be adding a 2nd election.
Not every party has the money or resources to run a primary
These are all non-partisan races.
OK so then who should be running primaries?
In this case, the ranked choice voting is supposed to serve as an instant primary.
I guess you could run a 16 candidate primary and narrow it down to the top 6 for a rank 6 general election, but you’d still have the same problem, you’d just be adding a 2nd election.