Letter: Ranked-choice voting should be implemented

I strongly favor ranked-choice voting (“Ranked voting could make its way to Hawaii,” Star-Advertiser, April 11).

For primary and non-partisan races where there are only three viable candidates, I often find myself choosing between two candidates I like equally while the third is someone I absolutely do not want to win.

There is another reason to support ranked-choice voting that I have not heard mentioned in any of the reporting and subsequent discussion.

If a candidate drops out or is deemed ineligible after voting has begun, any votes for that candidate could be switched to the second choice where those voters specified one.

Ronald A. Lynch

Moiliili

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