Congressional election security bill includes key ranked choice voting provision
Posted on What's New Drew Penrose on June 26, 2019

Ranked choice voting is garnering more allies in Congress. The Election Security Act retains a provision from H.R. 1 that helps advance the movement for ranked choice voting.
Read moreWhat is ranked choice voting?
Posted on What's New Mikhaila Markham on April 10, 2019

Instead of choosing just one candidate, why not allow voters to rank all the contestants in order of preference? Ranked choice voting would not only eliminate the spoiler effect, but it would reduce strategic voting and jumpstart America’s transition away from the two-party system.
Read moreThe primary problem with American primaries: lack of competition
Posted on What's New Erica Frazier on December 17, 2018

Competition is the missing ingredient from American primary elections.
Read moreTwo reforms emerge to boost turnout, competition after 2018 primaries
Posted on What's New Kevin Johnson on September 21, 2018
Election reform moved forward this cycle, but there is more work to be done.
Read more2018 primaries made history, including in low plurality wins
Posted on What's New Nancy Lavin on September 20, 2018

A plethora of disturbingly low plurality wins in the 2018 primaries exemplify the need for ranked choice voting.
Read morePrimary runoff shows ranked choice voting would improve elections in Oklahoma
Posted on What's New Nancy Lavin on August 28, 2018

Low turnout and high costs plague Oklahoma's primary runoffs. Ranked choice voting offers a better option.
Read moreRanked choice voting: a cause for optimism about our democracy
Posted on What's New Rich Robinson on August 13, 2018

Political scientist Yascha Mounk talks Maine, RCV and democracy on FV's podcast.
Read moreHere's how to make our votes really count
Posted on What's New Laura Brisbane on August 02, 2018

Elections are opportunities in consensus building. Ranked choice voting can help get us there.
Read moreThe Alternative Vote can increase representation of women and people of color in US elections
Posted on What's New Sarah John on July 27, 2018

Across both the states and Congress, those who are elected often do not reflect the age, gender and ethnicity of their constituents. For many, the way that the US elects its politicians is now no longer fit for purpose.
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.
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