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Ranked-choice voting, multi-member House districts and other surprisingly simple tinkers that could fix our democracy…

In January, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Ballot Measure 2, also referred to as “ranked choice voting”, which was voted into law in 2020.

Research shows that our current voting system, developed over 250 years ago, has not evolved with social progress.

The process will be used next year when Hawai’i has a special federal election or special election of vacant county council seat.

You don’t have to settle for one candidate. You can pick up to five in certain Berkeley races through the city’s instant-runoff process.

We have urged cities, particularly North Charleston, to ensure their municipal elections reward candidates with the broadest base of support rather than simply whoever gets the most votes on Election Day.

Albuquerque city councilors are once again deciding on ranked-choice voting.

Albuquerque leaders are slated to take a second look at ranked choice voting, with Mayor Tim Keller backing a new proposal to change the way city voters mark their ballots.

Multnomah County residents will be asked this November to consider changing the way candidates are chosen in county elections.

Preparations for the 2023 city elections have begun.