In this case, the ranked choice voting is supposed to serve as an instant primary.
I guess you could run a 16 candidate primary and narrow it down to the top 6 for a rank 6 general election, but you’d still have the same problem, you’d just be adding a 2nd election.
That’s too many positions to research for just one race. Five to six would probably be about the right amount of candidates for a single seat RCV.
I think [open] primaries still have a place to help weed out the field and narrow in on specific candidates.
Not every party has the money or resources to run a primary
These are all non-partisan races.
OK so then who should be running primaries?
In this case, the ranked choice voting is supposed to serve as an instant primary.
I guess you could run a 16 candidate primary and narrow it down to the top 6 for a rank 6 general election, but you’d still have the same problem, you’d just be adding a 2nd election.
Fortunately, the research wasn’t that hard because it’s super easy to eliminate the looney tunes candidates.
Ex. this guy:
Still, stunning how many first round votes he got…
p.s. “Michael Necula”? Mike Neck? Spot the vampire running for office!