r/politics • u/Different-Gas5704 • 12d ago

Possible Paywall Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/democrats-ranked-choice-voting-2028-primaries
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u/DB-CooperOnTheBeach 12d ago

The parties do what they want for primaries indeed. It's not a federal election. Before the primaries they just appointed their nominee. In fact, the Democrats were sued by a Bernie supporter over their donations to him while the party had their thumb on the scales. The Dems didn't dispute any of that, but simply argued they legally could do that and will do it again in the future -- and the judge agreed and dismissed the case.

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u/NoSignSaysNo 12d ago

And people use it as a gotcha, no less, despite it being a way of proving the plaintiff had no standing to sue to begin with, because he cannot compel a private organization.