Category Archives: alternative voting systems
“In New York City, did ranked-choice voting let the wealthy override the working class?”
From Ben Lempert’s Monkey Cage analysis:
Using ranked-choice voting requires voters to gather and consider a lot of information…. The research confirms that ranking several candidates is challenging.Scholars have also found that well-off White voters have more information about… Continue reading
“New York’s ‘head-swirling’ mistake puts harsh spotlight on ranked-choice voting”
Politico: “Even though last week’s fumble by the city Board of Elections — in which it released incorrect vote tallies before fixing the totals 24 hours later — was not specifically related to the ranked-choice system, the complex way… Continue reading
“Common Cause/NY Statement on BOE Issues”
Release:
Responding to the series of events today regarding the Board of Elections, Common Cause/NY Executive Director Susan Lerner, issued the following statement:“The BOE has now clarified that the discrepancy in the count was due to human error, not any… Continue reading
“New York Mayor’s Race in Chaos After Elections Board Counts 135,000 Test Ballots”
NYT:
The New York City mayor’s race plunged into chaos on Tuesday night when the city Board of Elections released a new tally of votes in the Democratic mayoral primary, and then removed the tabulations from its website after… Continue reading
“How to Use Ranked-Choice Voting to Help or Hinder N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates”
Rob Richie NYT oped:
New York City has embarked on the biggest ranked-choice voting election in American history with the Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday. Plenty of New Yorkers are looking for advice on how to fill out their… Continue reading
Symposium on Ranked-Choice Voting
The journal Politics and Governance has devoted its most recent issue to a series of empirical studies of RCV:
The Politics, Promise and Peril of Ranked Choice Voting (2021, Volume 9, Issue 2)Edited by Caroline TolbertComplete issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/issue/view/251Table of… Continue reading
Is the Voting Reform that Draws the Most Bipartisan Support Ranked-Choice Voting?
The Virginia GOP used RCV in its nominating convention this year.
23 cites in Utah, including Salt Lake City, voted recently to adopt RCV.
Alaskan voters in 2020 adopted RVC for federal and statewide races.
Maine voters in 2018 adopted… Continue reading
“Opinion: Ranked-choice voting works. Get used to it.”
Karen Tumulty WaPo column.
“Ranked-Choice Voting Gains Momentum Nationwide”
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… Continue reading
“How Long Can Democracy Survive QAnon and Its Allies?”
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… Continue reading
Matt Shugart Makes the Case for Proportional Representation in Congress to Save the Country from Authoritarian Wing of Republican Party
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… Continue reading
“Why California Should Learn from Maine and Not Alaska on Electoral Reform”
“A modest and timely proposal”
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 … Continue reading