Ranked Choice Voting
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Maine’s Lessons in Ranked Choice Voting
www.sightline.org Maine’s Lessons in Ranked Choice Voting - Sightline InstituteThe state’s groundbreaking statewide use of ranked choice voting is a positive model.
- www.wbur.org The push for ranked choice voting in Boston
A coalition of advocates wants Boston to take up ranked choice voting on the municipal level—and they've got the support of some key leaders in the city.
- thefulcrum.us Ranked-choice voting is heading for its biggest year ever
This November, RCV will be on the ballot in four states – Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Colorado – as well as the nation’s capital
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Ballot measures in St. Paul, Bloomington would change when and how residents vote in city elections
www.cbsnews.com Ballot measures in St. Paul, Bloomington would change when and how residents vote in city electionsSt. Paul and Bloomington questions before voters this fall that would change when and how residents vote in their respective local elections.
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Bill would require ranked-choice voting for US congressional elections
thefulcrum.us Bill would require ranked-choice voting for congressional electionsMeyers is executive editor of The Fulcrum. Three members of Congress are hoping to bring ranked-choice voting, which has been growing at the state and municipal levels, to congressional elections. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Thursday introduced t...
- www.pjstar.com Referendum on ranked-choice voting in Illinois
Since the referendum is non-binding, it would not take effect unless the General Assembly acted on it.
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Park City Council delays decision on ranked choice voting amid uncertain state support
www.kpcw.org Park City Council delays decision on ranked choice voting amid uncertain state supportThe Park City Council is unsure about using ranked choice voting in the 2025 municipal election.
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Charlottesville City Council will use ranked-choice voting for its June 2025 primary election
www.29news.com Charlottesville City Council will use ranked-choice voting for its June 2025 primary electionThrough ranked-choice voting, instead of voting for one candidate, you rank your preferences.
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Republicans debate merits of Idaho’s election reform initiative at City Club forum
idahocapitalsun.com Republicans debate merits of Idaho’s election reform initiative at City Club forum • Idaho Capital SunUnless a court says otherwise, voters in November will decide on a ballot initiative that would overhaul how Idahoans cast votes in state elections. A panel of speakers at a City Club of Boise forum Tuesday in downtown Boise delved into the details of Idaho’s current closed primary election system, ...
- ivn.us The Independent Guide to 6 States (Plus DC) That Could Pass Fairer Elections in 2024
Six states plus the District of Columbia will have measures on their November 5 ballots that, if passed, will reform the way public officials are elected in a way that offers more choice to all voters, regardless of political affiliation.
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Charlottesville may not be adopting ranked-choice voting after all
dailyprogress.com Charlottesville may not be adopting ranked-choice voting after allThe matter was removed from a consent agenda ahead of Tuesday's City Council meeting.
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Ranked choice ballot could come to Charlottesville
www.29news.com Ranked choice ballot could come to CharlottesvilleCharlottesville may adopt ranked-choice voting for future city elections.
- www.ky3.com Missouri lawsuit on ranked choice voting ban ballot language awaits judgment
A lawsuit challenging the ballot language of a constitutional amendment that would ban ranked choice voting in Missouri is waiting on a ruling from a Cole County judge.
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Ranked-choice voting advocate sees flaws in Maryland primary results
marylandmatters.org Ranked-choice voting advocate sees flaws in Maryland primary results - Maryland MattersA national organization advocating for wider use of ranked-choice voting is pointing to Maryland's primaries to bolster its argument that it's better to have candidates who win outright majorities rather than those who win with a fraction of the vote.
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After state judge keeps ranked choice repeal ballot measure, Alaska Supreme Court will weigh in
alaskabeacon.com After state judge keeps ranked choice repeal ballot measure, Alaska Supreme Court will weigh in • Alaska BeaconThe Alaska Supreme Court is likely the last chance for opponents of the ranked choice voting repeal to prevent it from coming to a vote.
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This Democratic presidential contest will not employ ranked choice voting; let’s pretend it does
www.newberggraphic.com My opinion: This Democratic presidential contest will not employ ranked choice voting; let’s pretend it doesNewspaper editors asked readers who they want to replace President Biden in the race for the Oval office; then we imagined what it would be like if we employed the
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Ranked-choice repeal measure awaits signature count after Alaska judge’s ruling
alaskabeacon.com Ranked-choice repeal measure awaits signature count after Alaska judge’s ruling • Alaska BeaconThe Alaska Division of Elections must recount signatures after a judge disqualified almost 3,000 names, citing violations of state law.
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RCV for primary and general elections will appear on the ballot in Idaho this November
cdapress.com Open primaries and ranked choice: You decideExplaining how ballot issue would change Idaho elections
- alaskawatchman.com Ruling expected soon to decide whether Alaskans can vote to repeal ranked-choice voting
Earlier this month a Superior Court trial wrapped up in a key case that may well decide whether Alaskans get a shot at repealing the state’s highly controversial ranked choice voting system.
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Why advocate for IRV?
First, forgive me for assuming that by "RCV", this community means IRV. I'm aware that ranked choice voting can refer to any one of a number of different voting systems that involve ranking candidates, but to my knowledge IRV is by far the most popular, and it seems to be the one discussed in the sidebar of this community.
The sidebar's "Why Ranked Choice Voting?" provides a number of reasons that IRV is superior to FPTP, and one reason that it is better than multi-round systems like France uses. But it does nothing to advocate for IRV in particular, rather than proportional systems like MMP, Party List Proportional, or STV.
I live in Australia, where we use IRV for our House of Representatives. And while this is still enormously better than the FPTP used in America and the UK, personally I view IRV as the worst possible acceptable voting system (while FPTP is simply unacceptable and anti-democratic). Looking at our parliament, Labor holds 51.3% of seats, from 32.6% of first-preference votes. The LNP holds 38.7% from 35.7%, and the Greens hold just 2.7% of seats despite achieving 12.3% of people's first preference votes. And that's a record high performance for the Greens in terms of seats, despite a relatively minor improvement in vote (previously they held 0.7% of seats from 10.4% of votes). That's over 80% of the seats controlled by just 2 parties. IRV is not nearly as effective at defanging the major parties as one would hope, and it does tend towards the middle.
Our Senate uses the much better system of STV, and so its result is much more reflective of the wishes of the voters, but with its own problems (the tiny state of Tasmania gets as much representation as NSW despite being 1/15th the population).
Advocating for change is hard, of course, and I would support anyone trying to get any more democratic option in their country. But if you're going to advocate for change, wouldn't it be better to advocate for really good change, instead of mediocre change? In the UK, one of the problems when they had a referendum on IRV (what they call "the alternative vote") was people who wanted proportional systems not supporting it because they were afraid that mediocre change now would make it harder to get really good change later.
So are people here because they wholeheartedly believe IRV is the best system? If so, why? Or is it a pre-compromised position thinking it might be more politically palatable despite knowing it's less good at representing voters' wishes?
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"So why should they change a system that works just fine for the politicians? Because it no longer works for the people, and it is the will of the people that matters."
www.state-journal.com Guest columnist: Returning power to the peopleIt was disappointing to hear about the recent banning of ranked-choice voting (RCV) methods in five Republican-led states with Missouri apparently soon to follow, bringing the number of states now
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Oregon will vote on Ranked Choice Voting in this year's election
ktvz.com Oregon lawmakers send ranked choice voting proposal to November 2024 ballot - KTVZThe Oregon Legislature on Sunday's final day of the session passed House Bill 2004, which puts a proposal to move to ranked choice voting for federal and statewide races on the statewide ballot in November 2024.