Alaska’s Congressman Nick Begich is leading the charge to ban states from using ranked choice voting in federal elections – which includes contests for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House and presidential elections.
Begich is co-sponsoring the Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act, alongside Arizona Congressman Abraham Hamadeh. Their legislation aims to protect the integrity of America’s elections by addressing what they see as growing voter confusion and disenfranchisement with ranked-choice voting systems.
Ranked choice lets voters to rank candidates in order of preference. If a majority is not reached after the initial vote, the candidate with the fewest votes gets eliminated, and votes are redistributed based on voters’ second choices. This scheme allows for a majority party to be split between preferred candidates, thus allowing a minority candidate a pathway to victory – which would have never been possible without rank-choice.
“The nation does not need more uncertainty and confusion injected into the federal election process,” Begich noted in a prepared statement. “One person, one vote’ is a proven, tried and true method that is easy to understand, easy to audit, and quick to report. Experiments with our national election systems risk disenfranchisement of voters and lead to outcomes that do not represent the true will of the American people.”
Co-sponsor Hamadeh emphasized the dangers ranked choice poses to election integrity nationwide.
“The same Democrat pawns who support allowing non-citizen voting without voter ID and same-day voter registration also want to turn our Democracy into a rank choice voting scheme,” he stated. “Their motives are clear – they do not want to help Americans vote – they only want to help corrupt politicians win.”
The Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act looks to reaffirm America’s commitment to a straightforward auditable election process – ensuring that no voter is left confused or disenfranchised.
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Heck yeah! Queue the angry leftists who shall complain, “but but our Democracy!” while also complaining about democratically elected Trump being in office doing the people’s work.
Bring it on lefties. Keep losing.
Rank Choice Voting should never. ame into being. If it hadn’t we wouldn’t have Lisa Murkowski! I voted and campaigned for her and she helped me at first tgen she turned to tge dark side and became WOKE and a Democrat with an “R” by her name. Its a disgrace to Alaska! Now if Lisa wants to be in politics and Alaskans think she is tge best I say “Change Your Party” become tge democrat you always vote with/for! If not get out! We the people of Alaska had enough of your two faced lies!
Nick is nibbling Cheezits while America is being flushed down Trump’s golden toilet. The man is worthless. Less that worthless.
And your contribution is?
Throughout my life I have given more than I’ve taken. Directly involved with non-profits, support a dozen others. You?
To Manny below. Let me guess; Planned Parenthood, Black Lives Matters, Green Peace, and Move-on.Org? I’ve yet to see a post from you indicating your not a taker, and an angry person.
A big thank you Nick. RCV is funded by dark money Sore oos and sons
“Their motives are clear – they do not want to help Americans vote – they only want to help corrupt politicians win.” And thus we have Lisa Murkowski!
Ah, for a military junta, led by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller.
same clowns against voter id are behind this ranked BS voting.
why would any sane person be against presenting id to vote?
yea we all know the answer.
Thank you Nick Begich!! We hate RCV!!
“Let us list some of the questions that the more honorable right-wing folks might eventually ask themselves:
How could I have been so ignorant?
How could I have been so wrong?
How could I have been so easily manipulated?
How could I have fallen for the con man’s pitch?
How was I so easily corrupted?
How were my Christian values and God’s moral laws so easily and enthusiastically ignored and transgressed?
What made me so easily sell out to false promises of economic gain for my tribe, class, or group?
Why was I so desperate to be called Great by someone so untrustworthy?”