Ranked Choice Voting (aka RCV).  This proposal means that you can rank-order your vote for each office: 1st choice, 2nd choice, etc.  It prevents weird 3-way splits, and guarantees that the winner is acceptable to 50+% of the voters.

(Darth Vader, Leia Organa, and Luke Skywalker run for office.  The Dark Side vote gives Vader 40%, but the Light vote splits, 35% for Leia, 25% for Luke.  In an old "plurality" election, Vader wins!  But in RCV, Luke's fans put Leia as their 2nd choice -- and now Leia wins 60-to-40!  Silly example?  No -- in 2026, we'll have three major candidates for governor!)

Critics suggest RCV will be confusing.  But Maine uses it -- in 2018, 90% of voters reported "excellent" or "good" experience.  Alaska uses it. Portland Oregon uses it, as do many other municipalities.  Kids can understand it (see video).

In the Michigan state House, the GOP voted for a bill to ban RCV.  Democrats voted against the bill.