More Choice Voting
When elections offer only two viable choices, voters settle. More Choice Voting advances reforms that expand the field, increase competition, and force candidates to earn broader support.
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Two choices is not a real choice.
In most American elections, voters face a binary: one Democrat, one Republican. Third-party and independent candidates are systematically excluded from ballots, debates, and media coverage. The result is a system where 83% of races are effectively decided before the general election even happens.
This lack of competition breeds complacency. Representatives don't need to earn broad public support — just enough partisan votes to survive a low-turnout primary. Voters are left choosing between the lesser of two evils instead of candidates who actually represent their interests.
More Choice Voting changes that equation by expanding the number of viable candidates and giving voters the power to rank their preferences.
More candidates. More competition. Better representation.
More Choice Voting combines open primaries with ranked choice or approval voting in the general election. All candidates appear on a single primary ballot. The top finishers advance. In the general election, voters rank candidates in order of preference — ensuring the winner has the broadest support.
This isn't hypothetical. Alaska adopted a final-four system in 2020 that paired an open primary with ranked choice voting. The result: more competitive races, higher voter satisfaction, and representatives who have to appeal beyond their base.
“When voters have real choices, representatives have to earn real support.”
—Independent Voter Project
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IVP has been advancing structural election reform since 2006. More Choice Voting is a natural extension of our open primary work — expanding competition at every stage of the election process.
Pioneered the open primary model
California's Proposition 14 was the foundation for expanding voter choice.
Supporting final-five efforts
Providing legal and strategic support for more-choice reforms across multiple states.
Building the legal framework
Ensuring that expanded-choice reforms can survive the inevitable legal challenges.
Pairs with open primaries
More Choice Voting and open primaries together maximize voter power at every stage.
Every election with only two choices is a missed opportunity.
When voters can only choose between two pre-selected candidates, the incentive structure of democracy breaks down. Representatives answer to party leadership instead of constituents. Innovation and compromise are punished.
More Choice Voting doesn't just add candidates to the ballot. It changes who representatives have to answer to. That's structural reform.
Alaska Proved It Works
Alaska's final-four system showed that more choices lead to more competitive races and higher voter satisfaction. The model is already spreading to other states.
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