Virginia Republicans Used Ranked Choice Voting at Local Conventions
Posted Matthew Oberstaedt on June 26, 2020

Virginia Republicans (@VA_GOP) used #RankedChoiceVoting (RCV) as a way to choose stronger nominees at their local conventions.
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Virginia Republicans (@VA_GOP) used #RankedChoiceVoting (RCV) as a way to choose stronger nominees at their local conventions.
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Read moreVirginia became the latest state in the Union to pass legislation allowing its municipalities to opt-in to using #RankedChoiceVoting for local elections.
Read moreAfter 9 years of using a different ranked choice system, the Board of Governors of the Oscars Academy just updated the RCV system they use to choose the Oscar nominees for Best Picture to a Multi-Winner RCV model, known abroad as Single Transferable Vote.
Read moreIn honor of the 108th anniversary of the 1912 Republican Party convention (which made William Howard Taft nominee, leading Teddy Roosevelt to mount a third-party bid), we examine the election – and wonder what might have been if #RankedChoiceVoting had been used.
Read morethe American Academy of Arts and Sciences released a comprehensive report detailing strategies intended to reinvigorate American democracy by 2026 including #RankedChoiceVoting in federal and local elections and the creation of multi-member districts with representatives selected via RCV.
Read moreRunoff elections exist to ensure party nominees have broad support among voters. However, this system breaks down in competitive and crowded primary races, and Tuesday’s 2020 Republican Primary in GA 9th District is a timely example of what can go wrong.
Read moreThe Supreme Court is expected to issue opinions this month on two faithless elector cases that could change how America votes for presidents.
Read moreMore than 75 colleges and universities use RCV in their campus elections, and at least 13 colleges passed or implemented RCV within the 2019-2020 academic year.
Read moreThe 2020 Utah Republican Convention used ranked choice voting to select party nominees and establish who could move onto the June 30 primary.
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