Politics update

FairVote - The most powerful value of ranked choice voting is the new incentives RCV creates for voters and candidates to engage with one another. Doing so ultimately brings citizens closer to the legislators who represent them. But RCV also directly improves the fairness and legitimacy of outcomes and makes it harder for operatives who seek to game the system. When electing powerful leaders, elections should uphold “majority rule.” Winners with a popular majority are more representative, have clearer mandates and engage with more voters. 

NPR - A bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid could be falling apart, largely thanks to former President Donald Trump. The deal was close to being finalized after months of negotiating. Republicans must now decide whether it’s worth defying Trump to secure the border and take the policy win. Or, as NPR’s Eric McDaniel tells Up First, “risk a potential Biden political win, credit for deal-making and taking action on immigration reform.”