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Information sessions discuss Ranked Choice Voting
Nonpartisan democracy reform nonprofit UpVote Virginia encouraged voters from Charlottesville and Albemarle County to learn about 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.
Nonpartisan democracy reform nonprofit UpVote Virginia encouraged voters from Charlottesville and Albemarle County to learn about ranked choice voting.
Next month, ranked choice voting will be used for the first time in a Virginia election.
A panel discussion at town hall titled “Discourse and Democracy” featured an audience mostly of high school students.
Oregon House has approved a bill that would implement the voting system for statewide and federal elections starting in 2028.
Ranked choice voting and open primaries likely boosted political diversity and representation in the new Alaska legislature, specifically for Independents.
Voting could radically change D.C. if a proposed ballot initiative for the 2024 general election is passed, implementing ranked choice voting and opening party primaries to independent voters.
Those of us who dislike the nastiness of campaigns might like a reform taking root nationwide. Twenty-eight states now report places where ranked-choice voting is the rule.
The voting method has gained popularity in recent years.
State Sen. Laura Murphy makes her case for ranked choice voting in Illinois primaries.
The Lehi City Council voted to continue the Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) state pilot program during Tuesday’s meeting.
Advocates say RCV produces more “consensus” winners — candidates preferred by at least half the electorate, even if they’re not everyone’s first choice.
A statewide voter advocacy group is looking to bring ranked choice voting to Boston’s local elections.