2024 ballot measure would make Colorado’s primaries open, enact ranked-choice voting for general elections

Kent Thiry, the former CEO of DaVita, has funded a number of ballot initiatives in the state in recent years overhauling elections and democratic processes.

He said it’s a response to sharp partisan divisions in Colorado and across the nation that he sees as a threat to democracy.

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