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VOTE NO ON
QUESTION 3
QUESTION 3
WON’T JUST OPEN NEVADA’S PRIMARIES,
IT WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE WAY OUR VOTES ARE CAST AND COUNTED, MAKING OUR ELECTIONS MORE COMPLICATED, MORE CONFUSING, AND MORE EXPENSIVE.
QUESTION 3
WILL ESTABLISH A SINGLE “OPEN” PRIMARY,
WHERE THE TOP FIVE CANDIDATES ADVANCE AND IMPLEMENT RANKED CHOICE VOTING (RCV) FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS IN NEVADA
A “Yes” Vote Means: Adopting a new, untested and more complex voting system that could confuse voters and increase administrative costs.
A “No” Vote Means: Keeping the current, straightforward voting system that Nevadans are familiar with.
GET THE FACTS
VOTER CONFUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES:
Ranked Choice Voting requires voters to rank up to five candidates, which can be confusing, particularly for those unfamiliar with the process. This leads to more mistakes on ballots and voters being disenfranchised. In states that use Ranked Choice Voting, up to 10x
more ballots have been tossed out because of voter error and confusion. [1]
COST AND COMPLEXITY:
Implementing Ranked Choice Voting requires new
voting equipment, extensive voter education, and additional resources [2], which will cost taxpayers more money and could strain our state budgets.
In other jurisdictions that have implemented RCV, it has caused election results to be delayed, and in some cases has resulted in higher rates of contested elections. [3]
RISK OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES:
When Ranked Choice Voting is in effect, if no candidate secured an absolute majority in the first round of vote tabulation, a runoff election instantly takes place. When a runoff election is needed, instead of having voters go back to the polls to vote again at a later date, an automatic runoff takes place as ballots are being counted, using the ranked choices already cast. The last place candidate is eliminated and each of their supporters’ second choice candidates are awarded their votes. The process continues in this fashion, round-by-round, until a single candidate achieves an absolute majority (50%+1).
While RCV aims to ensure that the winning candidate has broad support, in some cases, the vote redistribution and tabulation method used in Ranked Choice Voting can result in less representative outcomes, where a candidate who is not the first choice of most voters wins.
There are many things Nevada needs, but a more confusing election system isn’t one of them.
Las Vegas Review Journal, 10/18/22
WHAT IS RANK CHOICE VOTING
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a system where voters rank candidates by preference. While some say RCV aims to provide more voters with more choices, others have voiced concerns about its sweeping impact on General Elections in Nevada.
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Voter fills out a General Election ballot which requires them to rank up to 5 candidates in preference order.
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Votes for the eliminated candidate are REDISTRIBUTED to the next choice on each ballot.
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If no candidate gets a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated.
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Repeat the process until a candidate has a majority.
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