The Board appears to have strategically picked these two groups not only to explain RCV but also to uphold the notion that every vote counts.
The decision means that voters will not have a chance to weigh in on the proposed reform.
Rank MI Vote has launched a statewide petition campaign to put ranked choice voting on Michigan’s 2026 ballot.
The capital city overwhelmingly voted against an effort to repeal the statewide system last election.
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.