Nevada Voters will decide whether to Change their Primary and General Election methods this November. On July 21, Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske (R), announced the Campaign to place the Top-Five Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Initiative on the Ballot, had submitted enough Verified Signatures to appear on the General Election Ballot, in November.
Currently, the State has Closed Primaries, in which a Voter must affiliate with a Political Party, in order to participate in that Party’s Primary.
Nevada does Not use RCV in General Elections.
The Measure would establish an Open, Top-Five Primary, making Nevada the only State with such a system, if approved.
Instead of choosing Democratic and Republican Nominees, these Primaries would place every Candidate on the same Ballo, and the Top-Five Vote-Getters would advance to the General Election.
In the General Election, Voters would again, use RCV. A Candidate who gets a Majority of the Vote in the First Round wins outright. If No Candidate crosses that Threshold, the Candidate with the fewest Votes is Eliminated, lifting the Second-Preference choices indicated on those Ballots. This Process is Repeated until a Candidate wins an Outright Majority.
These Changes would apply to: Congressional, Gubernatorial, State Executive, and State Legislative Elections. They would Not apply to Presidential Elections.
The Two largest Donors to the Committee supporting the Initiative are Katherine Gehl and Final Five Fund, Inc., which have referred to this type of Voting as Final-Five Voting.
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