The moment for ranked choice voting in Ann Arbor
Posted on What's New Ben Ratner on September 10, 2018

A group of Univ. of Michigan students challenged establishment politics and won, until they didn't.
Read moreTurnout drops for major contests in Georgia’s runoffs
Posted on Quick News Ben Ratner on July 25, 2018

Tens of thousands of fewer voters cast a ballot than in the primary.
Read moreGeorgia’s deeply flawed runoffs raise interest in ranked choice voting
Posted on What's New Ben Ratner on July 23, 2018

After months of waiting, Georgia voters will return to the polls tomorrow for a number of primary runoff elections. In these races—for Republicans, governor and lieutenant governor and for Democrats, the 6th and 7th Congressional Districts—no candidate received a first round majority.
Read moreTurnout plummets in yet another primary runoff
Posted on What's New Ben Ratner on July 19, 2018

In early June, more than 93,000 people cast their ballots in the GOP primary for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. For voters in 40 of the 50 states, that’s the end of the line: the candidate with the most votes advances to the general election, even if opposed by most of the voters.
Read moreHalfway through primaries, plurality elections fail and Maine shines
Posted on What's New Ben Ratner on July 02, 2018
Meet the Team: Ben Ratner
Posted on What's New Ben Ratner on June 22, 2018

We must work to change a system that actively undermines self-governance and yet brands itself a “democracy.”
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