Political scientist Yascha Mounk talks Maine, RCV and democracy on FV's podcast.

Press hits include MSNBC, CNN, Washington Post, Boston Globe and The Economist.

Practical challenges with approval voting illustrate why FV continues to prefer ranked choice voting

RCV poses a threat to two-party dominance because it offers people a way to respond to hyper partisanship.

Elections are opportunities in consensus building. Ranked choice voting can help get us there.

Across both the states and Congress, those who are elected often do not reflect the age, gender and ethnicity of their constituents. For many, the way that the US elects its politicians is now no longer fit for purpose.

Ohio has a rich history of being an electoral battleground. Consequently, it also has a deep record of being the frontline for struggles encompassing voter disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, and fair representation issues.

After months of waiting, Georgia voters will return to the polls tomorrow for a number of primary runoff elections. In these races—for Republicans, governor and lieutenant governor and for Democrats, the 6th and 7th Congressional Districts—no candidate received a first round majority.

Hi, I’m Alyssa Pooler, a rising third year student at Villanova University in the joint JD/Master of Public Administration program and a new legal intern with FairVote’s Law and Policy department.

In early June, more than 93,000 people cast their ballots in the GOP primary for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. For voters in 40 of the 50 states, that’s the end of the line: the candidate with the most votes advances to the general election, even if opposed by most of the voters.