FairVote just released its biennial Monopoly Politics Report, a project that predicts the results of US House races with high accuracy. The report shows just how uncompetitive most of our elections are, and just how little voice most voters have. However, the way in which we make these predictions comes with a revelation itself.

Fifty-seven years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. During its original passage and subsequent reauthorizations, the law earned strong bipartisan support.

This morning, the Senate Rules Committee conducted a hearing entitled, “The Electoral Count Act: The Need for Reform.” The Committee focused on the 135 year old law which vaguely describes how Electoral College votes are counted after each presidential election.

Our primary elections are prone to producing weak candidates with small bases of support – because they only require a plurality to win. In the “2022 Primaries and How to Improve Them” Twitter Space, hosted by The Democracy Group, FairVote’s David Daley and Deb Otis discussed how ranked choice voting (RCV) can address this aspect of the primary problem.

In 2022, New York State voters will be called to the polls three times: once for Assembly and state-wide primaries on June 28, once for State Senate and congressional primaries on August 23, and once in November for general elections. In fact, a few voters may be asked to vote for a fourth time

When my colleagues shared Jesse Wegman and Damon Winter’s new article, “Gerrymander USA,” I knew I wanted to read it based on the topic alone – gerrymandering is an incredibly important issue. I just wasn’t expecting to read this article and discover it was about where I grew up – a large swath of land where “cattle outnumber voters” called the Panhandle of Texas, or the High Plains.

Albany and Palm Desert, California will soon implement proportional RCV.

Conservative Party members in both Canada and the United Kingdom are choosing their next leaders, but only Canada’s Conservative Party is offering its full membership a ballot with more than two candidates.

The Fort Collins City Council, by a vote of 6 to 1, approved the referral of ranked choice voting (RCV) to the November 2022 ballot. As more people run for City Council and Mayor, winners are selected with as little as 25% of the vote.

As we step into the coming decade of promise, FairVote’s founding mission will continue to guide us towards concrete goals. We are currently working together with our national, state and local partners to win ranked choice voting in more presidential primaries in 2024 and 500 cities by 2025.