Ranked Choice Voting used for Oscars 2020 nominations
Posted on January 10, 2020
The 92nd Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are less than a month away. The nominees, chosen using a ranked choice ballot, are set to be announced on January 13.
Emily Risch
Acting Director of Communications
Emily leads FairVote's communications team as acting director of communications, which includes leading Fairvote's digital communications strategy, and supporting its media relations goals. Emily is also in charge of video production and manages the website and social media platforms.
When Emily first started at FairVote, she produced FairVote's video for the Fair Representation Act, a video explaining our current electoral system for the U.S. House of Representatives, and reforming it with larger, multiple member districts (drawn by independent commissions) while using ranked choice voting. Additionally, she produced videos for FairVote's state projects, FairVote California and FairVote New Mexico during their local ranked choice voting (RCV) elections in Santa Fe and San Francisco in 2018.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, practicing yoga, enjoying the outdoors, cooking, watching good television (not reality TV) and reading.
Posts by Emily Risch
Media Roundup: New South Carolina Democratic Primary poll
Posted on December 10, 2019
On December 9, FairVote released a ranked choice voting YouGov poll of South Carolina Democratic primary voters. Check out the largest media hits on the innovative poll.
Unrig Summit in Nashville spotlights ranked choice voting
Posted on April 04, 2019
Ranked choice voting was center stage as reformers gathered at the Unrig Summit in Nashville
