Stateline: For decades, ranked-choice voting was largely theoretical, discussed in election policy circles but seldom used. Now it is gaining steam around the country: Lawmakers in 29 states are considering measures this year that would adopt ranked-choice voting in some form, in … Continue reading
Category Archives: alternative voting systems
Tom Edsall NYT column: Has a bloc of voters emerged that is not only alien to the American system of governance but toxic to it?“The central weakness of our political system now is the Republican Party,” Daniel Ziblatt, a political scientist … Continue reading
Shugart: Because the constitutional emergency is likely too deep to just turn the page, small-d democrats face an emergency of another kind. The need to adopt proportional representation has never been greater. The country simply can’t afford the risk that the Republican … Continue reading
Michael Feinstein blogs. … Continue reading
Jack Santucci: Democrats are fundamentally disadvantaged when it comes to winning U.S. House majorities. This is because their votes concentrate in population-dense areas. Independent redistricting cannot fix this. On all this, read Rodden (2019) and McGann, Smith, Latner, and Keena (2016).Depending on the … Continue reading
Anchorage Daily News: The Alaskan Independence Party, its chairman and two Anchorage residents are suing the state of Alaska to overturn Ballot Measure 2, a sweeping election reform initiative that would install ranked-choice voting in Alaska… … Continue reading
Rob Richie and Perry Waag: Election steal” took on a whole new meaning in Florida this year — and it has exposed a vulnerability in how we vote that invites more hacks in the future without an election method upgrade.Democrat … Continue reading
FairVote blog. … Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Rob Richie of FairVote: A Super PAC called the True Kentucky Patriots has a message for Bluegrass State voters that’s been all over local TV stations: The “true conservative” in the U.S. Senate … Continue reading
He did not ask for a response. (I had thought there might be some interest at the Court in the issue presented there.) … Continue reading
USA Today oped. … Continue reading
The decision is here, and it presents a federal constitutional question about the qualifications of ballot circulators. At least in theory, this could be appealed to the Supreme Court. … Continue reading
Mercury News editorial. … Continue reading
The Guardian reports on the cumulative voting remedy for a VRA violation. … Continue reading
Portland Press Herald editorial: Ranked-choice voting has twice won the backing of a majority of Maine voters. It meets the demands of the U.S. Constitution. It is used in every race that the state constitution allows, and it will continue … Continue reading
Washington Monthly oped by Rob Richie and Dave Daley. … Continue reading
New Fairvote report: Five state Democratic parties used ranked choice voting (RCV) in presidential primary elections and caucuses in 2020 with great success. Despite a global pandemic, all five states had high rates of success with RCV and, especially in … Continue reading
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Rob Richie and David Daley in Democracy. … Continue reading
Bill McKibben advocates ranked choice voting for President. … Continue reading
NBC LX video. … Continue reading
NYT editorial in favor of instant runoff voting. … Continue reading
NYT reports. … Continue reading
Jack Santucci and Benjamin Reilly blog. … Continue reading
WBUR with an explainer on the ranked choice initiative likely to make it to the ballot if the legislature doesn’t adopt something first. … Continue reading
Alaska Public Media reports on the progress of a proposition calling for a top-four primary, ranked-choice voting, changes to appointments to local election boards, and campaign finance reform, among others. … Continue reading
… in the Oscars race. It’s an alternative voting system for nominations (and in a few categories, for the final result): In the nominations voting, the marking and tabulation of all ballots shall be according to the preferential, weighted average, … Continue reading
The threshold signatures are in, and under Massachusetts’ system, now the legislature gets to decide whether to adopt the measures before putting them before the voters. … Continue reading
And Maura Reilly has a ranked-choice decade recap on the locations Massachusetts may be joining. … Continue reading
Ned at CNN: How can it be that our electoral system is so vulnerable to the personal fancies of individual plutocrats? I explore the answer in my new book, but the short of it is that our Electoral College was designed … Continue reading
David Daley makes the case. … Continue reading
Jack Santucci oped in NYDN. … Continue reading
Clarion Ledger: Secretary of State-elect Michael Watson says he will push to change Mississippi’s controversial two-part election process for statewide candidates. “I’m definitely supportive of moving away from the current system,” the Republican state senator told the Clarion Ledger Tuesday as he discussed … Continue reading
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Al.com: A federal district judge approved a proposed settlement in the voting rights lawsuit between the Alabama NAACP, Pleasant Grove residents Eric Calhoun, and Jennifer Ford and the city of Pleasant Grove. The settlement changes the city’s election method to cumulative voting. … Continue reading
FairVote reports. … Continue reading
John Schwartz in the NYT: Now, working with the nonpartisan group Unite America, she is connecting like-minded organizations that are trying to overhaul the democratic process of voting to make it less likely to reward partisanship. She is also raising funds to ensure that … Continue reading
FairVote release. … Continue reading
Release: A first-of-its-kind FairVote/YouGov poll of Democratic voters in the 2020 presidential race showcases the benefits of surveying through a ranked choice lens — allowing voters to rank issues and candidates in order of preference and giving greater insight into the state … Continue reading
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Bangor Daily News: In a surprise move, Maine lawmakers passed a bill Monday extending ranked-choice voting to presidential primary and general elections, though it’s unclear if Gov. Janet Mills backs it. She could stop it from taking effect before the … Continue reading
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AL.com: A proposed settlement has been reached in the voting rights lawsuit filed against the city of Pleasant Grove alleging the rights of black candidates and voters had been violated by the city’s use of at-large voting.Court documents filed late last … Continue reading
Wichita Eagle reports. … Continue reading
Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into an agreement to settle a voting rights lawsuit with the City of Eastpointe, Michigan. The Department’s lawsuit challenges the method of electing the city council in Eastpointe under … Continue reading
David Daley for Democracy. … Continue reading