With its recent electoral reforms, Colby University (ME) joins a growing list of more than 80 American colleges and universities that have turned to ranked choice voting to improve representation in campus elections.

This year, FairVote has held several webinars that take a close look at the flaws in our elections and how they can be reformed to better serve the public.

Have you been following the debate about ranked choice voting in Maine? Here are some of the best articles that have come out about the ruling in the last few days.

On Tuesday, September 15, FairVote hosted the second webinar in our Fall series about The Future of American Elections. The topic of the webinar was “Innovating for a More Reflective Government.”

The closely watched Maine Senate race enters a new phase tonight with the first general election debate among four candidates. Tonight’s interactions will be shaped by one key component: Maine’s use of #RankedChoiceVoting.

Voters in Pleasant Grove, Alabama made history last month when they elected African Americans candidates to their city council for the first time in city history.

Yet another crowded primary has chosen a winner with less than a fourth of voters supporting them, adding to the sad litany of American elections that were won even though the majority of voters picked someone else. This election provides even more evidence of the need to implement ranked choice voting (RCV).

This Fall, FairVote is holding a series of webinars to take a deep look at The Future of American Elections. The inaugural webinar, called “Making Every Vote Count,” was held on Friday, August 28.

Oklahoma’s primary runoffs are supposed to ensure that whoever the party nominates has support from the majority of members, but that goal is undermined by the fact that primary runoffs typically have far lower turnout than the initial primary.

Canada’s Conservative Party used a version of #RankedChoiceVoting that weights ballots based on Canada’s electoral districts (which it calls ‘ridings’) in its all-mail election to choose a new leader on Sunday.