On Tuesday, December 1, FairVote hosted a webinar to analyze the exciting victories of ranked choice voting (RCV) ballot measures this year. The webinar was part of our Fall series on The Future of American Elections.

On December 1, voters in Georgia’s 5th Congressional District voted in a runoff for the special election to fill the final 33 days of the late-Congressman John Lewis’s term in Congress. 

Eastpointe, Michigan held its city council election this November using ranked choice voting. The election occurred because the council seat’s previous holder, Monique Owens, resigned to become mayor last year.

Last week, New Hampshire’s House Democratic caucus used ranked choice voting (RCV) to choose Representative Renny Cushing as their new leader. The race featured four candidates and required three rounds of counting before a majority winner emerged.

On Tuesday, November 17, FairVote held a webinar to discuss Maine’s historic first use of RCV in a presidential general election. It was part of our fall series on The Future of American American Elections.

Plurality victories are an all too common feature of American political life. It isn’t rare to see candidates prevail in a crowded field even though 70 or 80 percent of voters voted for someone else.

Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy examines how plurality elections drive polarization and fail to adequately represent voters, and demonstrates how ranked choice voting can improve representation and ease partisan tensions.

All five cities that held referendums to adopt ranked choice voting yesterday passed them by wide margins, even as RCV was defeated in a Massachusetts vote. The result in Alaska remains unclear as most votes have not yet been counted.

On Tuesday, October 27, FairVote hosted a webinar called The Conservative Argument for RCV as part of our Fall series on The Future of American American Elections.

Asbestos proves that the value of RCV stretches beyond politics. For any decision with more than two options, RCV provides an easy, fair way to pick one acceptable to most voters.