Ranked choice voting calls for just that: Voters pick whoever they want to win. They also have the option to mark a second and third choice, through however many candidates are on the ballot.
Next Tuesday, Evanston voters won't only be deciding who to vote for in races for governor, Secretary of State and U.S. Senate, they'll also be deciding how they'll vote in the future as the northern suburb seeks to become the first community in Illinois to use ranked choice voting for future municipal elections.
When he was in the General Assembly, Biss actually sponsored legislation that would have implemented ranked choice voting in Illinois, but it didn't gain traction. “I feel like my whole life, I’m hearing from people — some voters and some non-voters — who say ‘I don’t know if I want to vote, I don’t like these two options but they’re the only two with a chance; I like this other one better but she doesn’t have a chance. Am I throwing away my vote if I vote for her?’” he said. “There are people who don’t feel well-represented in the current system and ranked choice voting is for them.
“Our elections are already formulated in a way that tends to exclude minorities and people of color. I think layering on ranked choice voting will only disproportionally impact the Black and Brown community here in Evanston and dissuade more folks from coming out, or dilute what their say is,” Reid said.
He also questions what moving to ranked choice voting will cost Evanston, and how it will be legally implemented.
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