Charlottesville City Council primary city’s first to use ranked choice voting
Charlottesville will be the second locality in Virginia to use RCV.
Charlottesville will be the second locality in Virginia to use RCV.
The bill would mark the culmination of a historic, decade-long effort to expand RCV to include governor and state legislature races.
A Kansas lawmaker is pushing back on the state’s ban of ranked choice voting.
Alaska uses a ranked choice voting system for statewide elections.
A relatively small number of voters can determine the nominees from each party.
RCV can ensure that the best candidate emerges from a crowded field.
RCV is a natural next step building on a series of thoughtful, nonpartisan reforms that have modernized and strengthened Connecticut’s elections.
Under the proposal, voters could rank up to four candidates, including write-ins, for each race.
The new charter includes a pathway to ranked choice voting, as well as other modernizations.
Lawmakers in Harrisburg heard commentary on rank choice voting in a State Government Committee Hearing.