HB 1141 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Sat, 25 Mar 2023 11:16:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg HB 1141 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Ranked-Choice Voting – Missing the Point on Needed Reform in Illinois https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/03/ranked-choice-voting-missing-the-point-on-needed-reform-in-illinois/ Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:00:26 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=23305 Written by Nancy Hayes

History tends to repeat itself. This is certainly true of “Ranked Choice Voting” in Illinois.

You may remember a junior state senator in Illinois by the name of Barack Obama. In 2001, then-Senator Obama introduced a bill that would have put on the ballot a Constitutional Amendment to elect the Illinois House of Representatives by “fair voting” in 3-seat districts elected by voters given cumulative voting rights.

Then, in 2002, Obama introduced a bill that would have required that partisan primaries for congressional office be conducted by “instant runoff voting” or IRV, also known as ranked-choice voting.… Continue Reading

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