Ranked Choice Voting

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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, they are declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes for that candidate are redistributed to the remaining candidates, based on the next preference on each ballot. This process continues until one candidate has a majority. Learn more about how it works.

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What is ranked choice voting? What's happening with it in my state? (www.usnews.com)
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What is ranked choice voting?

This article is a great overview.

What's happening in my state?

The same article lists some things, and Wikipedia has more details.

Here's what on the ballot this year:

  • Alaska is voting to repeal RCV
  • Arizona is voting on a proposition for non-partisan primaries and RCV
  • Colorado is voting on using RCV
  • District of Columbia is voting on using RCV
  • Idaho is voting on using RCV
  • Missouri is voting on banning RCV altogether
  • Montana is voting on a proposition for non-partisan primaries
  • Nevada is voting on using RCV for federal and state elections
  • Oregon is voting on using RCV for federal and state elections
  • South Dakota is voting on non-partisan top 2 primaries
  • Texas has a group working on ranked choice voting

Register to vote, check your registration, make sure you're in a position to fix voting. It's important. It's not as far away as you think.

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Colorado’s political parties come out against ranked-choice voting, open primary initiative (www.koaa.com)
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[Utah] Park City Council delays decision on ranked choice voting amid uncertain state support (www.kpcw.org)
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Idaho AG refiles lawsuit to block Ranked Choice voting initiative (www.kivitv.com)
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[VA] Charlottesville City Council will use ranked-choice voting for its June 2025 primary election (www.29news.com)
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Republicans debate merits of Idaho’s election reform initiative at City Club forum (idahocapitalsun.com)
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The Independent Guide to 6 States (Plus DC) That Could Pass Fairer Elections in 2024 (ivn.us)
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[VA] Charlottesville may not be adopting ranked-choice voting after all (dailyprogress.com)
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Colorado becomes sixth state to add ranked-choice voting question to Nov. ballot (news.ballotpedia.org)
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Washington Primaries Could be Improved With Ranked Choice Voting (fairvote.org)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the spoiler effect (fairvoteaction.org)
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[VA] Ranked choice ballot could come to Charlottesville (www.29news.com)
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How To Get The Most Out Of Multi-Winner (youtu.be)
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Common Cause Texas is working on getting RCV on the ballot. Donate, volunteer, or sign up to get updates and more information. (www.commoncause.org)
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Missouri lawsuit on ranked choice voting ban ballot language awaits judgment (www.ky3.com)
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Stacey Abrams endorses #rankedchoicevoting! (youtu.be)
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Initiative to bring ranked-choice voting to D.C. cleared for November ballot (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Ranked-choice voting advocate sees flaws in Maryland primary results (marylandmatters.org)
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After state judge keeps ranked choice repeal ballot measure, Alaska Supreme Court will weigh in (alaskabeacon.com)
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[ Illinois ] Low election turnout has some eying ranked choice voting for 2028 (www.msn.com)
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Alaska Democratic Party raises funds to defend ranked choice voting (mustreadalaska.com)
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Skokie to put term limits on Nov. 5 ballot, but not ranked choice voting (www.chicagotribune.com)
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This Democratic presidential contest will not employ ranked choice voting; let’s pretend it does (www.newberggraphic.com)
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Idaho Attorney General sues the state to get the Open Primaries Initiative off the Nov. ballot (www.ktvb.com)
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Don’t be fooled on Missouri Amendment 7: It’s an insider attempt to silence your voice (www.kansascity.com)
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