For more information Ranked Choice Voting

Some suggest that RCV is merely a solution to a problem that doesn't exist but it may be perceived to be the rigged solution to not losing an election.  In the observation of one political science professor at the University of Albany and a political and strategic consultant, " Could they be looking for a new electoral mechanism to give them a chance at victories they have not been able to secure in the traditional first-past-the-post system? " - New York Daily News.1.

In Bloomington, it seems the City Manager and Council felt they did not need to give any details on the pros and cons before voters went to the polls because for some reason it has to be rushed to this year's ballot. https://rcvscam.com/bloomington%2C-mn

While we know a foundationally-funded national organization, FairVote, with state and local affiliations, is behind the push for Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) everywhere, the opposition to it is  bipartisan. Look what some high profile Democrats have had to say about RCV.

Walter F. Mondale, (D) former vice-president of the United States weighed in on Duluth's RCV proposed amendment in November 2015 where it was finally defeated 3 to 1. Mondale stated that RCV is not plain and simple, it is confusing and complex. He spoke to the 2013 Minneapolis Mayoral and Council races and said that 20% of the voters who came out did not get their vote counted and called that voter disenfranchisement. He went to so far as to say that RCV "favors elites who know how to work the new and complex system."(source 11)

California Governor Jerry Brown (D) on September 29, 2016 vetoed a Ranked Choice Voting bill because it "is overly complicated and confusing" and "it deprives voters of genuinely informed choice."

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) a successor to former Governor Brown also refused to sign another attempt to require RCV for cities, counties and school districts on October 13, 2019.  He cited the RCV experiments in several California charter cities as a basis for him finding that RCV  "often led to voter confusion" and the  "claim that RCV leads to greater democracy is not fulfilled".

City Council member Daneek Miller of New York City, and the City Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus gathered outside City Hall to speak out against Ranked Choice Voting and insisted there would be a negative impact on minorities and discourage candidates from hard campaigning. They pointed to difficulties in San Fransisco and the repeals in Vermont and Michigan.