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Deeds pulled his ranked choice voting bill from Senate committee
Virginia only recently allowed elections for city council and boards of supervisors to be conducted through ranked choice voting.
This is a beautiful and compelling story about what the People can do. Against all odds, the people in Maine force the politicians to listen. If only “as Maine goes, so goes the Nation”! —Lawrence Lessig
From Maine to New Mexico, citizens across America are clamoring for free and fair elections through Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). Our story unfolds as voters organizing to enact the reform face fierce pushback from establishment politicians. The film looks at the historical rise, fall, and rebirth of RCV in the United States and abroad, and embed viewers in the front line of the battle raging over voters’ rights.
Through a ballot measure in November 2016, the citizens of Maine voted to become the first state in the nation to use Ranked Choice Voting statewide for federal and state elections. One year later, the legislature and governor moved to kill the bill, claiming it was unconstitutional. However, the people have final say through a process called the People’s Veto. Now they have 90 days to collect over sixty thousand signatures in the depth of the Maine winter. Will they succeed?
Enlivened with colorful hand-drawn animation, The Battle for Ranked Choice Voting follows Maine’s story, drops in on cities like Memphis, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Santa Fe that have adopted Ranked Choice Voting, and takes viewers on a whirlwind tour of non-plurality systems dominant throughout the world. Follow this citizen uprising to restore our failing democracy!
Shondra was main editor of Errol Morris' Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, and films by filmmakers Jocelyn Glatzer and Tom Curran.
Virginia only recently allowed elections for city council and boards of supervisors to be conducted through ranked choice voting.
A state representative from Austin is looking to transform the way local elections are held, calling to shift to a growing process called ranked-choice voting.
Political science professor Travis Braidwood said a ranked-choice voting system could change the voting landscape.
Under a newly proposed bill, the state would adopt a system of ranked-choice voting for state and federal elections, a policy supported by Governor Ned Lamont.
A bill has been filed that would allow ranked-choice, also known as preferential voting in Texas.
Lawmakers in 14 states have already introduced 27 bills proposing ranked-choice voting models, according to an NBC News review.
We need a voting system that encourages this type of whole-brain thinking.
Newly elected state Rep. Keith Denning of Wilton has proposed a bill that would allow for...
There is a scenario in which the new voting method could be used on Kaua‘i very soon.
A coalition of election reformers, including former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, will urge SC lawmakers to consider ranked-choice voting.
Ranked choice voting enables more and better choices for voters.
Utah cities could decide soon whether to utilize ranked choice voting in upcoming municipal elections.