A group of lawmakers recently introduced legislation to advance a voting system that aims to end, or at least ameliorate, partisanship in U.S. politics. The Voter Choice Act (S. 2939), introduced by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Angus King (I-Maine) and Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), would provide $40 million to help states and local governments to cover the costs of adopting a ranked-choice voting (RCV) model, also known as “instant-runoff voting.” Traditionally, most U.S.-based elections have followed the plurality system where candidates who receive the most votes win. Under this system, however, a candidate could receive as few as 34%…