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Bridge the Divide

A Campaign for Final Five Voting in Wisconsin

Wisconsinites of every background, income, and color, from main street to back country roads, deserve a democracy that works and works for us. But for years, Wisconsinites have lived in a reality where the extremes and big money rule and gridlock is the norm. Luckily, Wisconsin has the opportunity to follow the lead of states like Alaska and Nevada to adopt a voting method that will bring reason and true representation back to Madison and DC – Final Five Voting.

The goal of our Bridge the Divide initiative is to build relationships, promote civic engagement, and organize residents to demand that legislators pass Final Five Voting in the Wisconsin legislature in order to reduce extreme partisanship and divisiveness in politics.

We are teaching community organizations, individuals, and neighbors about the Final Five Voting process, and all the benefits that come with it. All in-person education efforts are in western Wisconsin counties (Pierce, St. Croix, Dunn, Polk, Eau Claire, and Pepin Counties).

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Why We Care

The benefits of Final Five Voting are:

  • Reduces toxic campaigns, gridlock, and the power of extremists
  • Prevents third party candidates becoming “throwaway” votes and makes politicians accountable to more voters by emphasizing the November general election over a low-turnout August primary.
  • Diffuses the effect of big money on politics and gets voters started improving elections and government in WI & the US.

What Is Final Five Voting?

Final Five Voting is the combination of top five primaries and instant runoff voting in the general election.

Final Five Voting Primary

All candidates running will appear on one ballot, and all voters can participate in the primary regardless of whether they are registered with a party. The top five finishers out of this open primary advance to the general election.

Final Five Voting General Election

Voters use a ranked-choice voting ballot to rank candidates in their order of preference, first choice through fifth

How Is The Winner Chosen?

The first-choice votes are tallied, if a candidate has more than 50% of the vote, they are the winner.

If no candidate has over 50% of the vote:

The candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated.

Voters who had ranked the eliminated candidate first, now have that single vote transferred to their next choice of the candidates who remain in the race.

The votes are tallied again. And this process continues until there is a candidate with a true majority of over 50%.

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