Earlier this month, the City University of New York’s Center for Urban Research released a report examining the first use of ranked choice voting (RCV) in the June 2021 primary elections in New York City. The report was commissioned by our great partners at Common Cause New York, as well as the Unite America Institute.

Over the last several days, we’ve seen a steady drumbeat in major national and local press about the continued blight of gerrymandering – how we got here and what it means for our democracy – and why The Fair Representation Act is the national solution we need.

On April 20, the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation released an in-depth survey finding that 61% of Americans favor using ranked choice voting in federal elections.

Ruby-red Utah, purple Maine, and blue California are the states with the most widespread current use of RCV -- in 23 cities in Utah, and in all federal elections and state-level primaries Maine, and for nearly two decades in major California cities like San Francisco & Oakland. Additionally, at least two more California cities will implement RCV in 2022.

With Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing starting today, it’s critical to consider questions about voting rights and democracy that might come before a Justice Jackson.

This week, votes for progressive candidate Sim Sang-jung may have swung the results in the closest-ever South Korean presidential election. Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol won the race with 48.56% of votes, with progressive Lee Jae-myung taking 47.83%. Sim earned 2.37% – or nearly three times more than the final margin between Yoon and Lee.

FairVote shared the following statements on Tennessee’s misguided decision limiting local rule and prohibiting cities like Memphis from trying ranked choice voting in their municipal elections.

This week, the New York Times and Washington Post published op-eds celebrating Alaska’s new ranked choice voting election system, which will be used for the first time this year.

In 2021, ranked choice voting (RCV) had its biggest year ever: Used in a record 33 cities, including 23 municipalities for the first time.

As ranked choice voting’s biggest year yet comes to an end, it’s a great time to take a closer look at RCV and FairVote’s recent media coverage. Is this reform breaking through in the media, as it is at the ballot box?