Panel tackles Proposition 1 at forum
McKay Cunningham discusses using a "palms open" objective approach to divisive political matters Wednesday evening during a forum on open primaries and ranked-choice voting.
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Luke Mayville speaks Wednesday evening during the "Open Primaries and Ranked Choice Voting - A Good Idea?" forum at Harding Family Center.
The Prop 1 forum at Harding Family Center in Coeur d'Alene was well-attended Wednesday by people from across the political spectrum.
A concern about ranked-choice voting is that it splits the number of votes from the majority party and paves the way to victory for minority candidates.
Luke Mayville recently had this discussion with someone who asked if that's what happened in the 1992 presidential election when Bill Clinton won with 42% of the vote because Ross Perot ran against George H.W. Bush, splitting the conservative vote.
"The answer to that is if they had had ranked-choice voting, it would have solved that problem," he said Wednesday evening.
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