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Ranked Choice Voting is Bad News!

Advocates are pushing Ranked-Choice Voting at nearly every local and state level. Why? Proponents claim that Ranked-Choice Voting allows voters to express their preferences for multiple candidates and ensures that the ultimate winner is the candidate with the most overall support rather than just the one with the most first-choice votes. While this may sound nice in theory, in practice, it’s a scheme allowing candidates with a minority of voter support to win through mathematical technicalities. Here's what you need to know about how Ranked-Choice Voting really works and the dangers it brings.

By ACRU Staff|2023-12-05T09:42:20-05:00December 5, 2023|Elections, Ranked-Choice Voting, Video|

Live Free TV: What You Need to Know About Ranked Choice Voting

LTC Allen West welcomes Phil Izon from the Ranked Choice Education Association. After seeing firsthand the confusion caused by the system in Alaska, Phil decided to get involved. Listen in to learn how Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is confusing, challenging to audit and often leads to third-place candidates "winning." You might be surprised to discover who is behind the nationwide effort to make RCV the standard.

By Allen West|2023-11-12T18:53:14-05:00November 1, 2023|Live Free TV, Ranked-Choice Voting, Video|

George Soros’s Republicans

Two former Republican Party officials, Saul Anuzis and Stan Lockhart, published an article yesterday in The Hill claiming that “ranked-choice voting is a win for Republicans.” Yet their work is paid for by a progressive organization funded by George Soros and other far-left donors.

By ACRU Staff|2023-10-12T17:34:26-04:00October 12, 2023|Elections, News, Ranked-Choice Voting|

The Latest Election Scam: Ranked-Choice Voting

Have you ever wondered what happened in Alaska during the 2022 midterm election? How is it that a congressional district that had long been held by Republicans since 1971 was suddenly and inexplicably won by a Democrat? How is it that of the last three candidates standing — showcasing two Republican candidates and only one Democrat candidate — neither Republican candidate won that race?This phenomenon in Alaska can be explained by ranked-choice voting.

By Kweku Boafo|2023-10-12T13:39:47-04:00October 12, 2023|ACRU Commentary, Elections, OPED, Ranked-Choice Voting, Voting Fraud News, Vulnerable Voters|

NAACP head slams ranked choice voting, urges overhaul of board

The head of the NAACP in New York slammed the new ranked-choice voting system as “voter suppression” while calling for an overhaul of the bumbling New York City Board of Elections.

By ACRU Staff|2023-07-06T11:44:44-04:00July 6, 2023|Elections, Ranked-Choice Voting|

Launch of campaign to repeal ranked choice voting draws a crowd in Anchorage

A few hundred people met at a south Anchorage church Thursday night to kick off a signature drive aiming to get rid of ranked choice voting and go back to the way Alaska used to elect candidates.

By ACRU Staff|2023-07-06T11:44:31-04:00July 6, 2023|Elections, Ranked-Choice Voting|

City voters repeal Instant Runoff Voting

A large majority of Aspen voters have rejected instant runoff voting for city elections, opting instead to go back to the June runoff system.

By ACRU Staff|2023-07-06T11:44:19-04:00July 6, 2023|Elections, Ranked-Choice Voting|

Ranked-choice voting in Utah: How did it work?

When Monica Zoltanski was elected mayor of Sandy, Utah, from a crowded field of eight candidates by only 21 votes in November 2021, the city had to hold a recount — not just because of the close vote, but also because of voter confusion. Such were the fruits of Sandy’s experiment with ranked-choice voting.

By ACRU Staff|2023-06-29T11:23:32-04:00June 29, 2023|Elections, News, Ranked-Choice Voting|

After Idaho Bans Ranked-Choice Voting, Other States May Follow

Idaho scored a major win for election integrity last month by banning the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in elections, with North Dakota and Arizona potentially following suit.

By ACRU Staff|2023-10-12T17:50:57-04:00April 4, 2023|Elections, News, Ranked-Choice Voting|

Jason Snead: The Ranked-Choice Voting Virus Spreads To Utah

"A guinea pig.” That is what Sandy, Utah Mayor Monica Zoltanski said that “ranked-choice voting” (RCV) made of her hometown. The town opted into Utah’s controversial RCV pilot program, but the experiment has not gone well. The cost-saving promised by proponents never materialized, but the real alarm bells should have sounded when the experiment produced voter confusion and voter disengagement.Yet instead of ending this failed pilot program, Utah legislators are now considering a bill to expand ranked-choice voting to primary elections for state and federal office.

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-05T14:12:51-05:00March 5, 2023|Elections, News, Ranked-Choice Voting, Voting Fraud News|