On November 7, cities that used ranked choice voting (RCV) in Minnesota reported positive feedback on the role RCV played in the election.

By offering more choices, ranked choice voting paired with proportional representation provides voters more power in their government and an even-greater reason to vote. It works for Cambridge.

We held a two-day activist summit that drew ranked choice voting advocates from across the country... and Canada

With several retirements already announced by GOP members of the House, how will it all play out in 2018?

A major issue FairVote encountered when deciding how to discuss the 2016 election was whether “Trump Effect” that is, the ways in which Trump realigned the electoral map along demographic and regional lines, as shown above, is representative of the new national environment.

Virginia and New Jersey were among the states to hold elections for their state legislatures this past Election Day. The results from Virginia, in particular, have been called surprising, but of all contested state legislature seats between the two states, partisanship predicted over 92 percent of the winners.

With a legislature looking to repeal Maine's new ranked choice voting law, the people find themselves once again fighting for RCV.

Election Day 2017 featured several high profile ranked choice voting elections in cities and towns. Altogether, over 200,000 voters ranked their choices in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Cambridge, Mass. and Takoma Park, Md in cities with a total population of about 844,500.

Today New Yorkers will vote on whether to hold a New York State Constitutional Convention, often referred to by the shorthand “con con.”

Although federal elections always fall on even-numbered years, important state and local elections happen every year - and 2017 is no exception. Here are some of the contests FairVote will be watching on Election Day, November 7, 2017.