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
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
Celebrate International Women’s Day with electoral reform
Posted on March 08, 2019
We should not just celebrate International Women's Day, but consider how to improve their representation in government using ranked choice voting.
Editorial board support for ranked choice voting in 2018
Posted on December 27, 2018
Editorial support for ranked choice voting is at an all-time high... and growing.
