From a national popular vote and ranked choice voting to proportional representation, court reform and a constitutional right to vote, Rob Richie argues the next era of American democracy will require rewriting the rules.
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Voters will decide on ranked choice voting in November.
In the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, 68,000 votes went to candidates who were no longer running.
Eight years in the U.S. military taught me that the mission only succeeds when everyone is working toward the same goal, even when we don’t agree on every detail of how to get there. This lesson has stayed with me through every chapter of my life since: as a lawyer representing veterans fighting for the…
The decision to deny voters the chance to recast their absentee ballots disenfranchises voters. Ranked-choice voting could solve this.
RCV is used in Corvallis, Portland, Benton County, and Multnomah County, but has yet to be used at the statewide level
I think ranked choice works for the state. It’s made us work better together.
A new analysis showing how Washington, DC voters used ranked choice voting. 78% say ranked choice voting is simple, and 74% like ranking.
Maine became the first state to expand ranked choice voting to presidential elections in 2020.
An instant runoff or some form of ranked choice voting would be better alternatives in our view.