rank choice voting survives legal challenge

[Joshua N Pritikin]

“As I indicated in my order denying Plaintiffs’ request for a temporary
restraining order, there is no dispute that the RCV Act (ranked-choice voting act)
— itself the product of a citizens’ initiative involving a great deal of First
Amendment expression — was motivated by a desire to enable third-party and
non-party candidates to participate in the political process, and to enable their
supporters to express support, without producing the spoiler effect,” he wrote.
“In this way, the RCV Act actually encourages First Amendment expression, without
discriminating against any voter based on viewpoint, faction or other invalid
criteria. Moreover, a search for what exactly the burden is that Plaintiffs want
lifted is not a fruitful exercise.”

https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/12/13/poliquin-ranked-voting-lawsuit-2nd-district

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Joshua N. Pritikin, Ph.D.
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
Virginia Commonwealth University
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