| Colleen O’Dea | NJ Spotlight News |
For the second time this year in New Jersey, a Democratic candidate won a primary election – and likely to come, a full term in Congress – with less than 30% of the vote.
”Diminish the power of outside money
“The most obvious solution is to adopt ranked choice voting, which also would diminish the power of outside money to propel a single candidate to victory,” said Rutgers professor Sass Rubin. “At the very least, the legislature could adopt ranked choice voting for congressional races, which have been attracting the largest numbers of candidates.”
A number of pending legislative bills would compel some ranked choice voting, though none has advanced to a hearing. One, S-1625, was first introduced in 2019.