OPEN PRIMARIES: Voting system is not broken

Kudos to Jenny Holmes on her editorial (July 28) re open primaries and ranked choice voting (RCV). Most all “journalistic” articles on this subject hardly ever touch on the second half of this initiative, as this is hardly a democratic process: ranked choice voting, as Jenny said, will effectively destroy the concept of “one vote and that the one with the most votes, wins.” How this process was explained/described is that your vote will count only if you have ranked ALL candidates for an office; if not, your vote is effectively nullified.

Jenny is quite correct: Do NOT fix a system that is not broken!

Lastly, in the My Turn editorial (July 17) the writer portrays “rightwing” Republicans in the KCRCC as dictating to voters how to vote (whom to vote for): This is absurd on its face. KCRCC vets all candidates and then recommends who they feel best represents Republican views. I despise the overused/misused term “rightwing” Republicans: The intent of this is to lump ALL conservatives into the “radical right;” those so far out of the mainstream, such as “MAGA” Republicans. Hmm, what is possibly wrong with making our country great (once) again? Absolutely nothing at all.

GARY HABECKER

Hayden