Portland, Oregon could be the next American city with proportional RCV
Posted on Quick News Matthew Oberstaedt on June 16, 2022

On Tuesday, Portland, Oregon’s Charter Commission voted 17 to 3 to send a referendum that includes proportional ranked choice voting (PRCV) to the November ballot. If it passes, the city would be divided into 4 geographic districts of equal population. Each district would elect 3 members to the city council using PRCV, which picks winners in accordance with the size of voting blocks in the city.
Read moreGlobal News Sources Review RCV in Australia
Posted on Quick News Maria Merkle on June 10, 2022

Australia’s May 21st parliamentary election received global news coverage thanks to the major success of women and candidates who prioritize climate change. The election showed the potential of ranked choice voting, called “preferential voting” in Australia, to pick leaders who accurately reflect the public will rather than the political extreme.
Read moreBurlington Adopts RCV for their City Council Elections
Posted on Quick News Celia Calhoun on May 25, 2022

Burlington, Vermont will now get to use ranked choice voting (RCV) in their city council elections. This recent change was possible thanks to support from the state legislature, which passed a bill allowing the city’s charter amendment implementing RCV to take effect. Burlington is the first city to adopt RCV this year, a decision which was overwhelmingly supported by more than ⅔ of Burlington voters in a March 2021 referendum.
Read moreNew Survey: 61% Favor Ranked Choice Voting in Federal Elections
Posted on Quick News Will Mantell on April 26, 2022

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.
Read moreUpcoming Twitter Space covers gerrymandering in America
Posted on Quick News Haly Jungwirth on April 26, 2022

On Thursday, April 28, from 12 pm to 12:45 pm EDT, join us on Twitter Spaces for our discussion, “2020's Redistricting Nightmare, and How to Avoid It in 2030.”
Read moreMaine, Utah, and California are doubling down on ranked choice voting
Posted on Quick News Will Mantell on April 14, 2022

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.
Read moreAlaska’s New Ranked Choice Voting System in the News
Posted on Quick News Haly Jungwirth on April 08, 2022

In recent weeks, we’ve seen dozens of articles from top national and local media outlets on Alaska’s unique new election system, which combines open primaries and ranked choice voting (RCV).
Read moreFairVote updates model legislation for states to adopt ranked choice voting
Posted on Quick News Matthew Oberstaedt on March 28, 2022

Ranked choice voting (RCV) is already the nation’s fastest growing voting reform, with statewide adoption in Maine and Alaska and local use in dozens of cities nationwide. At FairVote, we take seriously our mission to make implementing RCV even easier for state and local governments by making resources available to anyone committed to election reform.
Read moreJoin us at the FairVote Awards!
Posted on Quick News Matthew Oberstaedt on March 21, 2022

On April 11, we’re hosting the FairVote Awards in New York City to celebrate recent election reform wins and lift up several of the incredible people who are working each day to fix American democracy.
Read moreVoting rights at the Supreme Court hearing
Posted on Quick News Will Mantell on March 21, 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.
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