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Will ranked choice voting rewrite Colorado’s elections? Prop. 131 explained

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Old and new ballot boxes at the Summit County Clerk and Recorder’s Office in Breckenridge on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Primary voters in Colorado and 15 other states pick their party’s candidates to run in the fall presidential election today. Election judges reported a quiet morning.

Voters this fall will decide whether to change how Colorado selects its leaders in the future, by doing away with partisan primaries and ranking candidates in general elections. These reforms are part of a national effort backers say could help push politics back toward the center, and that opponents warn could further erode trust in elections.

Hosts Andrew Kenney and Bente Birkeland explain how Prop. 131 would work, introduce you to the multi-millionaire behind it, and break down how these reforms have worked in other states.

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