American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” plurality voting system ...
Sixteen Republican-leaning states have thus far prohibited ranked choice voting in their elections. A bill before the Indiana legislature (Senate Bill 12) means our state could soon join them.
The state doesn’t currently allow for the voting method, but some legislators want to ban it from being an option in the ...
Ultimately, a change to Long Beach’s election processes would require a change to the City Charter — which would require ...
When the first round of ballots were counted on Election Night, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter outpaced Kaohly Her by 1,727 votes — or just over 2.5% of all votes cast in the mayor’s race. Carter’s 41% ...
A bill to ban ranked choice voting in Michigan sailed 57-44 through the House on Wednesday, August 20. Rep. Rachelle Smit, R-Martin, chair of the House Election Integrity Committee and a former ...
The prospect of making Annapolis the second Maryland jurisdiction to use ranked-choice voting in local elections drew 20 residents and advocates to speak out Monday at the Annapolis City Council ...
Students and speakers discussed political polarization and electoral reform at a panel held Monday evening by Yale Students for Ranked-Choice Voting — a nonpartisan political advocacy group. Adam Wood ...
While most voters are familiar with the single-choice voting method used in statewide races, there is still some confusion about ranked choice voting. Five cities — Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, ...
Senate Republicans are seeking to ban ranked-choice voting in Iowa, although no federal, state or local elections currently use the voting method.