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R Street ardently believes state legislatures should be focused on improving the voting experience for all eligible voters while ensuring trustworthy elections. Ranked-choice voting (RCV) represents a quintessential example of such an improvement.
- Matthew Germer, R Street
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Runoffs are bad for democracy. They have low turnout, they are expensive, and they are unrepresentative. Ranked-choice voting saves taxpayer money and gives more voters a say.
- Anthony Gutierrez, Common Cause - Texas
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Principles First Texas is dedicated to elevating principled leaders in our politics. Ranked Choice Voting can help us by extending the election process beyond political party bases.
- Justin Louis Pitcock, Principles First Texas
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Single-choice, winner-take-all voting can sometimes result in the election of a candidate who earned only a small percentage of the vote. Ranked-choice voting is another voting method which allows voters to rank their favorite candidates in order of preference.
- Eric Bonner, Veterans for Political Innovation
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The LWVUS supports enabling legislation to allow local jurisdictions to explore alternative electoral methods, as well as supporting state election laws allowing for more options at both the state and local levels. The TX LWV will develop its position on supporting alternatives to the plurality system in spring 2022.
- Janet Imhoff, League of Women Voters of Texas
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Unite America believes that instant runoff voting (RCV) solves real problems facing Texas. The reform can save Texas taxpayer money, give Texas cities control over their own elections, ensure that all military votes are counted, and eliminate low-turnout primary runoffs that very few Texas voters participate in. The reform makes elections better, faster, and cheaper while guaranteeing majority rule — it's a common-sense reform for Texas to consider.
- Tyler Fisher, Unite America
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RepresentWomen’s mission is to strengthen our democracy by advancing reforms like ranked choice voting that break down barriers to ensure more women run, win, serve, and lead. Our 2016 and 2020 reports found that electoral outcomes for women and people of color are overall better in jurisdictions that have implemented ranked choice voting.
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Texas Civil Rights Project is a supporter of ranked choice voting because of its proven ability to ensure that election results genuinely reflect the will of the people. Ranked-choice voting alleviates several issues in our electoral system including vote-splitting, negative campaigning, and hyper-polarization. With ranked-choice voting we can make substantial progress toward building a true democracy for all.
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There are cost savings and other advantages of instant runoffs. For example, it gets rid of the incentive for the opposition to fund a candidate to take a few percent from a nominee and allow the opposition to win even in a district where a majority oppose them. There is a role instant runoffs can play as part of election integrity. For example, Utah has done a great job of adopting instant runoffs while implementing safeguards like cleaning up voter lists and verifying each voter. With their reforms, every voter can be confident that elections can be transparent and secure and that their voice is heard.
- John Pudner, Take Back Action Fund
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