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DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Ranked-Choice Voting Option for All of Florida
The new law restricts any town, village, city or county from using ranked-choice voting in their elections.
The new law restricts any town, village, city or county from using ranked-choice voting in their elections.
Advocates say the ‘instant runoff’ favors less partisan, more consensus candidates
Richmond voters could become the first in the state to pick their local elected officials by ranked-choice voting.
If passed in San Diego, ranked-choice voting would take effect in 2024 following a voter outreach and education program.
Ranked choice voting allows voters the option to rank as many candidates as they like in order of preference. It makes local democracy fair, easy and fun.
RICHMOND — Voters in Richmond could become the first in Virginia to pick their local elected officials by ranked-choice voting when all nine City Council seats are up for reelection
Are we doomed to be at the mercy of the mad and bad in political races? One reform that seems to be getting traction is ranked-choice voting.
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Writer Dennis Perkins just published an article about our film in Maine Today. Check it out! ‘The Battle for Ranked Choice Voting’ follows Mainers in a pioneering political effort
In November 2018, Maine was first in the nation to use Ranked Choice Voting statewide in what turned out to be an incredibly transparent election. The Secretary of State live-streamed the candidate-elimination process, then posted Excel files of all the original ballot data. Despite the transparency, CD2 incumbent Bruce Poliquin Read more…