Here is the article from Politico.

The seventh paragraph of this article reads: “I don’t know if in the coming years people will be looking at the United States as a model for democracy,” a second Arab diplomat warned.

Why would people around the world look to the US as a model of democracy in the first place?

As Richard Winger stated in his 2016 reason.com interview: “A multiparty system is normal. You only have a two party system if there is repression. It’s not natural.”

And then you have the overly stringent ballot access laws, which at least candidates in Canada and the United Kingdom, which also don’t have proportional representation, don’t have to face.

On January 16, the Connecticut Attorney General ruled that the State Constitution, which requires election by “plurality”, does not permit the legislature, or local governments, to authorize Ranked Choice Voting.  However, the Opinion says it is a close question.  The Opinion notes that the Maine and Alaska Supreme Courts have considered this question for their states, and they came to opposite conclusions.  Here is the Connecticut Opinion.  Thanks to Fairvote for the link.

On January 16, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said he will the decision in No Labels Party v Fontes, 2:23cv-2172.  The decision said that No Labels Party has a freedom of association right to block candidates for congress and partisan state office from filing to get on its primary ballot.