Research Fellow
Madeline is a native San Franciscan who graduated from Emory University in Atlanta with a BA in Political Science and Spanish. She has worked at several different organizations including Disability Rights Washington, where she authored a report on elections website accessibility for voters with disabilities, and Fundaciόn Directorio Legislativo where she worked on legislative transparency in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also spent a summer on Capitol Hill attending briefings and hearings and chasing down catered lunches.
While at Emory, she conducted research for two years on voter suppression via registration barriers in Georgia, culminating in a senior thesis. She is generally passionate about issues relating to voting rights, voter suppression, civil rights, and systematic election reform. In her spare time, Madeline is a spinning instructor and a fan of good food and the San Francisco Giants.
Texas will have 16 Congressional primary runoffs on May 22 where turnout will likely be lower and winners will receive less total votes than they would with ranked choice voting.
The Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to add yet another referendum to the November ballot. This one would also eliminate RCV, but this time by going to a single round plurality system.
Compared to votes cast for winners in traditional runoffs with votes cast for winners in the RCV form of a runoff, RCV winners on average earn far more votes than runoff winners.
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