Top-four Primary
A top-four primary or top-four ranked-choice voting is an election method using a nonpartisan blanket primary where up to four candidates, those with the most votes, advance from a first round of voting, regardless of the political party. The ''round two'' (general) election, held some weeks later, uses instant-runoff voting (''IRV'', also known as ''ranked-choice voting'', ''RCV'') to confirm a majority winner among the top set of candidates. Its first use was in 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election. It can be seen as a replacement to the ''blanket primary'' which advances only the ''top-two'' candidates. It was first advocated by FairVote in 2012Fixing Top Two in California
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Nonpartisan Blanket Primary
A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office run against each other at once, regardless of the political party. Partisan elections are, on the other hand, segregated by political party. Nonpartisan blanket primaries are slightly different from most other elections systems with two-rounds/runoff, aka "jungle primaries" (such as the (Louisiana primary), in a few ways. The first round of a nonpartisan blanket primary is officially the " primary." Round two is the "general election." Round two ''must'' be held, even if one candidate receives a majority in the first round. In addition, there is no separate party nomination process for candidates before the first round. Also, political parties are not allowed to whittle down the field using their internal techniques (such as party primaries or conventions). It is entirely possible that multiple candidates of the ''same'' political party advance to the general election. In ...
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