Midterm primaries: Candidates winning without majority support
Posted Ben Ratner & Rob Richie on July 18, 2018
These winners advance despite most voters backing other candidates.
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FairVote files amicus brief in Santa Clara voting rights case
Posted Drew Penrose on July 12, 2018
Santa Clara is a great example of a place where ranked choice voting offers a clear advantage over a single-winner district remedy.
Read moreRanked choice voting’s midterm report
Posted Rob Richie on July 11, 2018
In the first half of 2018, nearly half a million voters ranked their choices in elections for the most important offices in their communities.
Read moreSanta Clara votes on STV
Posted Drew Penrose on July 10, 2018
The State That Upended Electoral Politics With a New Kind of Voting
Posted Fran Korten on July 06, 2018
Will Massachusetts soon follow Maine in adopting ranked choice voting?
Posted Shawn M. Griffiths on July 03, 2018
Maine's neighbor to the south might be the next state to use RCV statewide.
Read moreHalfway through primaries, plurality elections fail and Maine shines
Posted Ben Ratner on July 02, 2018
Media round-up: Interest in ranked choice voting surges
Posted Rich Robinson on June 29, 2018
FairVote's look at Democracy in the news includes stellar editorial from the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Read moreMaine's 1st ranked choice voting election saw an issue driven campaign and energized voters
Posted Rich Robinson on June 26, 2018
John Brautigam, council and senior adviser for the League of Women Voters of Maine discusses how well the state's RCV election went.
Read moreA periodic come-from-behind win with ranked choice voting is the whole point
Posted John E. Palmer on June 25, 2018
Such an outcome is an integral part of a system rich with choice and free of wasted votes.
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