What is Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)?
It's a new system of voting to turn Idaho from red to blue. It is a fraudulent system that will cost a lot of money, and that money will be taken from you, the taxpayers. Vote NO to RCV on Nov. 5th!
Hello Rimrock neighbors,
It is my job as your PC to keep you in the loop with what is happening in our Jerome County Republican Central Committee meetings. On July 18th we had a meeting and conflict arose due to a discussion of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) or should I say lack of discussion on RCV. Our chairman shut down the whole meeting and didn't allow anyone to discuss RCV. This conflict could have been easily solved by following the Idaho Republican Party Platform which clearly states its strong opposition to RCV. The Jerome County central committee is run by a majority of moderate Republicans otherwise called RINOs (republican in name only). Many RINOs are for RCV and that is the reason our chairman didn't want any discussion on the matter, because he knows the Republican platform is against RCV, yet he still supports it. There is a lot of work that needs to be done to make the Jerome County Central Committee function in transparency, and the ideal solution would be to elect transparent PCs. I consider it my duty to be transparent with all of you. I work for you, and I am here to help you be the best citizen you can be. It is the PC's job to educate their neighbors on local and state issues and RCV fits into the category of both.
First and foremost, it is important that all Idahoans know what Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is because it is being pushed in our state and will be on the November 5th ballot. As your local representative, I have put forth several hours learning about RCV and I assure you this is not what Idaho wants. It is possibly the most confusing concept I have seen and that confusion is intentional. The big-money corporations pushing for RCV want it to be confusing so that people don’t understand it. They are pushing it through simple lies that seem appealing. We The People don't deserve to be lied to but the elites use deception to push their agendas hoping that the American people will just take their word for it. We should know better by now than to take the elite’s word for anything. We need to do our own research, but let’s be honest who has the time to sort through what RCV is and determine if it's good or bad? No one wants to do that, but as your elected official I consider it my duty to find out the truth on the matter and expose the lies.
Furthermore, RCV will change Idaho forever and once enacted is very hard to vote out. It is a new voting system that will make each voter rank the candidates from their 1st choice to last, so you have to vote for every candidate even if your values don’t align with theirs. If you decide not to fill in every bubble on the ballot your ballot will be thrown out. Voting will no longer be one person, one vote. This type of voting is unconstitutional and corrupt. It no longer ensures that the person with the most votes wins. Voting is crucial to our constitutional republic form of government. If the person elected is no longer who the people have chosen then what is the point of voting? There will no longer be a point to vote with this system because it gets rid of the people's voice. RCV puts our constitutional republic form of government in great danger, and it is a threat to constitutional principles.
On top of RCV being unconstitutional it will also cost the people a lot of money. RCV will require dominion machines to tabulate the ballots. These dominion machines are run off of a wifi system that can be hacked into allowing for more fraud on top of this already fraudulent system. If RCV passes, every county in Idaho will be required to buy dominion machines and that money will be taken from you through your taxes. This is a waste of tax-paying money and it comes directly out of your pocket. Do you want your hard-earned money to go into creating a new system of voting that ensures corruption and fraud? We need to fight against RCV and it begins with being educated on what it is and how it works. I have attached a few documents to help you do some of your own research, so you don't just have to take my word for it. I will assure you though, that my word is true and if you're willing to take me for it we can possibly save the voting process of Idaho. The only reason I can confidently assure you that my word is true is because I know I am first and foremost accountable to God. Our founders created the oath system for elected officials because it showed the people that each elected official knew that they were accountable to God. This gave the people confidence in their elected officials because even when they couldn't see what they were doing, saying, and voting on they knew that they took an oath to God. From my God-given discernment, I can tell you that we don’t want RCV in Idaho. People will lie to you and try and convince you otherwise, but we all have the spirit of the living God inside of us and it's the responsibility of all of us to discern the truth from the lies. I would urge you to side with the truth and on November 5th VOTE NO on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). If you have any questions, comments, or concerns on RCV please feel free to reach out to me and I would love to help in any way I can.
God Bless You,
Bella Schiffler
-George Washington
For more information: RCV video explanation, RCV/Open primary facts from Blaine Republican Central Committee, Idaho GOP resources/education about the dangers of RCV/Open primary, and Idaho Attorney General files court challenge to RCV/Open primary ballot initiative calling it deceptive.
Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center | Republican Party of Idaho (idgop.org)