2021 Already Showing Promise for RCV Reforms
Posted on What's New Omar Danaf on February 03, 2021

Ranked choice voting is gaining momentum across the country as a staggering number of state legislatures are considering reforming their local and statewide election methods.
Read moreRanked choice voting’s midterm report
Posted on What's New Rob Richie on July 11, 2018

In the first half of 2018, nearly half a million voters ranked their choices in elections for the most important offices in their communities.
Read moreLegal victory sets the stage for RCV in Santa Fe
Posted on What's New Rich Robinson on November 30, 2017

Supporters of ranked choice voting felt the thrill of victory after a judge's ruling
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.
Read moreWhy Ranked Choice Voting is the Right Thing for Santa Fe
Posted on What's New Author Maria Perez on July 14, 2017

For the first time in Santa Fe, New Mexico history, there will be a full-time mayor elected in March of 2018 with additional powers, duties and a higher salary. It is important that the majority of Santa Fe voters elect the new mayor with ranked choice voting (RCV), an electoral reform that was approved by city voters 9 years ago and has yet to be implemented.
Read moreRanked Choice Voting Remains the Law of the Land in Maine
Posted on What's New Austin Plier on June 30, 2017

A bill to repeal Maine’s first-in-the-nation adoption of ranked choice voting for all state races died in the state’s legislature on Wednesday, June 28th, 2017.
Read moreEvaluating the Efficiency Gap as a Measure of Proportionality and Competition
Posted on What's New Theodore Landsman on May 31, 2017

The “efficiency gap” was first proposed by Stephanopoulos and McGhee in a 2015 paper, and it has emerged as a way to prove evidence of bias that even defenders of distorted maps could not deny.
Read moreLocal Elections in Texas Demonstrate the Power - and Limits - of Cumulative Voting Rights
Posted on What's New Maya Efrati on May 19, 2017

On May 6th, voters in more than 50 Texas jurisdictions went to the polls to elect local representatives with cumulative voting rights. Cumulative voting, a form of fair representation voting, has been successful in empowering racial and ethnic minority voters in Texas, but this year’s election demonstrated its limitations as well.
Read moreNew NYC "I Voted" sticker chosen with ranked choice voting
Posted on What's New Ethan Fitzgerald on May 17, 2017

Last Thursday, NYC Votes announced the winning design of this year’s “I Voted” sticker contest using ranked choice voting.
Read moreReform Roundup: February 10th, 2017
Posted on What's New Paul Murphy on February 10, 2017

Catch up on the week’s electoral reform news with our round up of folks across the country writing and talking about FairVote reform vision.
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