How Winners Are Losing in American Elections

How Winners Are Losing in American Elections
A poll worker checks in a voter before they cast a ballot in the Georgia primary election at the Park Tavern polling location on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images
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Who exactly are the winners of this new and confusing electoral system called ranked-choice voting (RCV)? It’s not the thousands of voters that show up to the polls in RCV elections only to have their votes thrown out. The winners of RCV are partisans and special interests who use the system’s design to manipulate election outcomes and undermine states’ efforts to safeguard election integrity.

Madeline Malisa
Madeline Malisa
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Madeline Malisa is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability.
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