2024 election law ballot measures: What to know - Washington Examiner

Nine states and Washington , D.C. , will decide whether to implement sweeping changes to the way elections are conducted.

The bulk of these ballot questions surround nonpartisan primaries and ranked choice voting, which proponents contend improves voter representation and reduces polarization.

At least 10 Republican -led states, including Texas , Oklahoma , and Florida , have laws that ban these voting systems.

Ballot Initiative 83 in Washington , D.C. , proposes a shift to semiopen primaries and ranked choice voting.

Missouri voters will decide whether to approve constitutional Amendment 7 , which would ban ranked voting.

Oregon Measure 117 , if passed, would introduce ranked voting for both primary and general elections starting in 2028 .

Meanwhile, San Francisco has drawn criticism after a noncitizen Chinese immigrant was sworn in on the city’s election commission earlier this year . According to local outlet El Tecolote , noncitizens will be given the ability to vote in the school board election for the San Fransisco Unified School District . Adult parents and legal guardians will be eligible to vote in the race so long as their child lives in the city, and if they are not barred from voting due to any mental incapacity or felony record..