It’s time for our elections to reflect the desires of the voters - no more strategic voting.

Both US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2) and former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld announced this week that they are ending their campaigns.

Alaskan voters will get the chance to adopt statewide ranked choice voting (RCV) after the state’s Division of Elections certified a three-pronged ballot measure submitted by Alaskans for Better Elections, a bipartisan advocacy group.

The 2020 presidential primary season is in full swing. The Democratic Party had a large field of candidates, many of whom have since dropped out. While the remaining candidates have been declared the winners, there has been one clear loser: the majority of voters.

Just like you, we’re all reeling here at FairVote in reaction to the slew of daily challenges coming with the coronavirus. We’ve shifted to working remotely and trying our best to substitute online hangouts for in-person collaboration.

With the presidential primary elections continuing nationwide, ranked choice voting (RCV) has become a national topic for discussion. Voters are showing that they are ready for RCV as they continue to learn more about it.

It is no secret that many voters and political commentators are frustrated that their ballots cast early for withdrawn candidates were “wasted.” In fact, at this point in the primary, there are currently over 1.5 million votes that fall into that unfortunate category.

In 2020, more voters will use ranked ballots in federal elections than ever before. Naturally, that includes Maine’s upcoming uses, and the four states holding their Democratic primary elections with RCV. But it also includes a state you might not realize includes ranked ballots in their elections: Alabama.

For the past few weeks, millions of voters across the country—in Super Tuesday and March 2020 states like Texas, California, Minnesota, and Washington—have been casting early ballots for their preferred candidates in the presidential primary.

We need a voting method which allows voters to indicate backup choices, especially in volatile races with crowded fields such as this one.