In a post-election interview, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the incoming lieutenant governor, told his hometown paper that he was among city voters who had been confused by ranked-choice voting. Newsom said he filled out his own ballot incorrectly, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Full Story »
Posted by Mike LaBonte
It would be interesting to see how the error rate on the ranked-choice ballots compares to standard ballots. Having served as a poll worker myself, I assure you that it's normal to have a certain number of people fail to vote in a given race, and to have a certain number of improperly marked ballots. So, unless that rate has gone up a lot, I don't see the case for the confusion argument. Other than that, this seems like a lot of complaints from losing candidates. Folks I talked to who had voted in these elections were pleased with the ballots and with the results.
