Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Republican Convention on July 18 lasted nearly 10 hours in 97 degree heat as the party conducted three rounds of voting to choose its congressional nominee.

On July 22, @FairVote released a new report examining the use of #RankedChoiceVoting in four Democratic presidential primaries and one caucus in 2020.

On Tuesday, July 21, FairVote hosted a webinar titled “The Success of RCV in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary.”

This year, both major parties have found ranked choice voting (RCV) an important tool for improving their party elections and primary elections. Although much of the attention to this has focused on the Democrats’ use of RCV in presidential primaries across five states, Republicans have also successfully used RCV in a number of cases, recognizing RCV as a proven system that can save voters time and make elections fairer for everyone involved.

The recent FairVote poll accurately captured Crafts’ broad support among Maine Republicans in the district, indicating that he would handily win hypothetical head-to-head matchups against both Bennett and Brakey.

Maine held primary elections with #RankedChoiceVoting on Tuesday, the second time using RCV for primaries since implementation in 2018.

On July 6, North Dakota Voters First submitted more than 36,000 signatures to state officials as part of their statewide ballot measure campaign that would, among other reforms, implement ‘Top-4’ open primaries with #RankedChoiceVoting general elections.

There’s less than a week until the GOP’s July 14 #RankedChoiceVoting primary in Maine’s Second Congressional District—and a recent poll conducted by FairVote illustrates the state of the hotly-contested three-way race.

Despite the 2020 race being far from over, Republican voters already have opinions about their next Presidential nominee. 

The Court’s unanimous decision allows states to decide how much independence to give electors.