Election day in New York’s June 22 primaries—the largest American city thus far to adopt ranked choice voting (RCV)—is a week away. While the method will be used in contests ranging from city council to borough president, the most high-profile race utilizing RCV is the mayoral race—and the stakes are high.

After a successful 2020, ranked choice voting (RCV) is taking 2021 by storm. According to Rep. Don Beyer, sponsor of the Fair Representation Act, it’s because people are realizing that RCV is not actually that complicated.

In 2019, Vineyard, Utah became one of two cities in the state to pioneer the adoption of ranked choice voting. Now, two years later, Vineyard mayor Julie Fullmer hopes her city’s success with implementing RCV prompts other municipalities in the state to follow.

This week, as former Vice President Joe Biden formally assumes the role as the Democratic Party’s standard-bearer at the Democratic National Convention, it is instructive to remember how we got here.

In Tennessee’s August 6 First Congressional District GOP Primary, eventual winner Diana Harshbarger emerged victorious with 19.2 percent support—meaning, in essence, that more than four in every five Republican voters did not vote for her.

Almost exactly 100 years ago, the ratification of the 19th amendment granted women the unabridged right to vote in American elections.

The recent FairVote poll accurately captured Crafts’ broad support among Maine Republicans in the district, indicating that he would handily win hypothetical head-to-head matchups against both Bennett and Brakey.

On July 6, North Dakota Voters First submitted more than 36,000 signatures to state officials as part of their statewide ballot measure campaign that would, among other reforms, implement ‘Top-4’ open primaries with #RankedChoiceVoting general elections.

There’s less than a week until the GOP’s July 14 #RankedChoiceVoting primary in Maine’s Second Congressional District—and a recent poll conducted by FairVote illustrates the state of the hotly-contested three-way race.

We’re only halfway through 2020, but ranked choice voting (RCV) has already had enough victories to fill a full year!