Over 10,000 Vote in UC Berkeley Ranked Choice Voting Election
Posted on April 17, 2017
From April 10th-12th, the University of California, Berkeley elected its student government using ranked choice voting.
EJ Marin
Outreach Intern
EJ Marin works alongside FairVote’s outreach department, assisting with tracking ranked choice voting (RCV) and National Popular Vote (NPV) legislation, tracking RCV use on college campuses, logging and summarizing any current or previous RCV or NPV legislation, and contributing to FairVote’s blog. EJ has helped the outreach department summarize and log 343 RCV bills that have been introduced in state legislatures from 2001-2017 and is currently summarizing and logging RCV and NPV bills that are currently up for consideration in multiple state legislatures. EJ believes that just as a body of water requires certain levels of oxygen to sustain life, a body of government requires certain levels of political participation to sustain democracy. EJ's belief in RCV’s ability to improve inclusion and participation within the electoral process is the principle reason that brought Ej to FairVote. EJ is currently a junior at Indiana University’s School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA), majoring in Law & Public Policy.
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Amherst College Uses Ranked Choice Voting to Select New Mascot
Posted on April 13, 2017
From March 20-31, 9,295 Amherst College alumni, students, faculty, and staff used ranked choice voting to select a new mascot. The crowded slate of candidates included the Fighting Poets, the Mammoths, Purple & White, the Valley Hawks, and the Wolves.
Arlington Democrats Use RCV for May Caucus
Posted on April 10, 2017
From May 9th to 13th, the Arlington County Democratic Committee (ACDC) will be using ranked choice voting to select their nominee for a seat on the Arlington County Board.
