Posted on June 17, 2021
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.
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Posted on June 08, 2021
This year, New York City is seeing huge numbers of candidates filing to run for the first City Council elections with ranked choice voting (RCV) in the city. The upcoming primaries on June 22nd are a huge moment for RCV, as the largest city in the nation adopts a fairer method of counting votes.
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Posted on June 04, 2021
On Sunday, June 6th, voters across Peru will get to choose between two candidates for President, both of whom received fewer than 20% of votes just two months ago.
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Posted on May 11, 2021
A record 23 cities have opted in to hold RCV elections in 2021, including Salt Lake City, which boasts a population of nearly 200,000. This nearly doubles the number of cities using RCV in the US.
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Posted on May 07, 2021
Last Saturday, Austin became the first city in Texas, and the second-largest city in the country, to adopt ranked-choice voting. The measure passed 59-41 in a low-turnout, off-cycle election. Seven of our ten city council districts favored RCV by a margin of 2-to-1. It was one of the most popular items on an eight-proposition-long ballot.
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Posted on May 07, 2021
If parties want to look to the future to reform their nominating processes, they also need to look to the past.
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Posted on February 05, 2021
Usually, elections in the U.S. are dominated by fields with only two candidates who are seen as viable - particularly in general elections.
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Posted on August 13, 2020
Georgia's state primary runoffs on Tuesday, August 11 yielded poor voter turnout, reinforcing the need for ranked choice voting to avoid the need for expensive runoff elections.
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Posted on July 23, 2020
Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Republican Convention on July 18 lasted nearly 10 hours in 97 degree heat as the party conducted three rounds of voting to choose its congressional nominee.
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Posted on May 11, 2020
FairVote’s Week of Action featured thousands of participants learning and sharing about ranked choice voting (RCV). We’d like to thank every single one of them for taking the time to support this movement.
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