The capital city overwhelmingly voted against an effort to repeal the statewide system last election.
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Ranked choice voting helped create an entirely different campaign in New York: It put voters back in charge.
The campaign says it has already seen enormous support.
Washington, D.C. council members vote to approve funding for ranked choice voting, a measure that would allow voters to rank candidates on the ballot.
In a crowded primary field, it’s easy to envision the voter torn between two or three choices but strongly opposed to one candidate.
The results also illustrate how multi-winner ranked choice delivers proportional representation.
The ballot proposal would bring the voting method to Michigan elections for major federal and statewide offices.
The high-profile primary shined a bright light on the nation’s ongoing experiment with ranked choice voting.
Proponents say a court case in Alaska casts doubt on a Maine Law Court advisory opinion that the voting method violates the Maine Constitution.
Charlottesville will be the second locality in Virginia to use RCV.