JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Election reform advocates had hoped for a big year at the ballot box.
That’s because a historic number of states were considering initiatives for ranked choice voting or to end partisan primaries.
Instead, voters dealt them big losses in the November elections. Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota all rejected proposed changes to their voting systems.
In Alaska, a proposal to repeal ranked choice voting appears to have narrowly fallen short.
The losses in many states came even though election reform supporters raised more than $100 million, easily outpacing opponents.
Supporters say they aren’t giving up but plan to retool their efforts.
