Nevadans for Election Reform: Fix Our Broken Politics with Ranked Choice Voting
Posted on Quick News Myeisha Boyd on September 20, 2017

The Nevadans for Election Reform are working on Greater Choice - Greater Voice, an initiative to implement ranked choice voting (RCV) statewide. According to recent statistics, more than 25 percent of active registered voters in Nevada are not registered Democrats or Republicans. In fact, 21 percent choose not to register with any political party.
Read moreNew Zealand Cities Voting to Implement Ranked Choice Voting
Posted on What's New Myeisha Boyd on September 19, 2017

A growing number of cities in New Zealand are moving to RCV, a method for electing local candidates.
Read moreThe PROVE Act: Pre-Registering Youth to Vote
Posted on Quick News Myeisha Boyd on September 06, 2017

Our democracy is strongest when everyone takes part. That’s why FairVote has worked for many years to make pre-registration for young voters a national standard.
Read moreFairVote's Rob Richie talks partisanship and proportional voting in Governing
Posted on Quick News Myeisha Boyd on September 01, 2017

In “What’s ‘Proportional Voting,’ and Why Is It Making a Comeback?” posted by Governing, the idea of proportional voting is brought back to the spotlight as a way for the United States to start conducting elections and ensuring that voters are being represented fairly.
Read moreA Proposed Initiative to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting in Missouri
Posted on What's New Grace Ramsey, Myeisha Boyd on September 01, 2017

Missourians For Fair and Open Elections campaigns for electoral reforms by organizing and fighting for better representation for Missouri’s voters.
Read moreIn Minnesota, Red Wing Citizens Assembly Favors Ranked Choice Voting
Posted on What's New Myeisha Boyd on August 21, 2017

The citizens of Red Wing, MN recently completed an extensive citizens assembly recommending RCV for local elections
Read moreAlabama’s U.S. Senate Primary will use Ranked Choice Voting for Overseas Voters
Posted on What's New Drew Penrose, Myeisha Boyd on August 15, 2017

Today, voters in Alabama will vote in the primary election for U.S. Senate, to fill Jeff Session’s vacant seat. However, military and overseas voters have already been voting - and they had the opportunity to rank their choices with an “instant runoff” ballot.
Read moreInterview: How Unitarian Universalists Elected President with Ranked Choice Voting
Posted on What's New Myeisha Boyd on August 07, 2017

On June 24, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) elected Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray as its ninth president. She was the winner of a three way race held with ranked choice voting (RCV), also known as instant runoff voting.
Read moreAmherst Likely to Vote on Charter Commission Recommendations that include Ranked Choice Voting
Posted on What's New Myeisha Boyd on August 07, 2017

In 2016, a Charter Commission in Amherst (MA) was approved by a majority with 60% voters in favor. The commission is proposing elections be held with ranked choice voting (RCV). The task of the Charter Commission is to study Amherst government and recommend changes within two years. After a 16 month study, the Charter Commission recommended replacing Town Meeting with a town council, among other recommendations. Charter Commission Chairman Andy Churchill said the proposal would call for 13 town councilors, three at large and two each will become five wards instead of the current 10 precincts. Churchill wrote, “We believe the result is a set of recommendations that reflect the varied interests of our residents.”
Read moreRanked Choice Voting is Coming to Memphis
Posted on What's New Drew Penrose, Myeisha Boyd on August 01, 2017

In 2008, Memphis, Tennessee adopted ranked choice voting (RCV) by a landslide, with 70 percent of voters in favor of a city charter amendment. RCV, also known as instant runoff voting, allows voters to rank candidates in order of choice and eliminates the need for runoff elections.
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