Category Archives: alternative voting systems

“A new kind of voting faces Election Day test in Maine”

October 24, 2018, 6:06 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

AP: A new way of voting in Maine allows people to rank candidates from best to worst with provisions for additional voting rounds, candidate eliminations and extra tabulations to ensure there’s a consensus winner who collects a majority of the… Continue reading

“Port Chester voting referendum passes, cumulative voting here to stay”

October 11, 2018, 2:46 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Gannett: Cumulative voting will be the village’s permanent electoral system after a majority of residents voted in favor of the referendum Wednesday. The final vote tally was 746 in favor and 429 against it. Cumulative voting, which has been in… Continue reading

“Fans of Ranked Voting See an Opportunity in Massachusetts”

September 17, 2018, 8:08 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

NYT: Nearly two weeks after voters went to the polls, Lori Trahan emerged Monday as the official winner of a crowded, 10-person Democratic primary for the congressional seat based in Lowell, Mass., held for a decade by Representative Niki Tsongas,… Continue reading

Calls for Ranked Choice Voting in MA

September 15, 2018, 3:07 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

AP reports.

Should the Three Judge Court Order Ranked Choice Voting for 2018 in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case?

August 30, 2018, 5:05 pmalternative voting systems, redistrictingRick Hasen

David Daley: It’s a necessary step if North Carolina wants a congressional delegation that reflects the state’s closely divided nature. Without this action, it would be easy for Republicans to exploit the slow-moving legal process, appeal to the U.S. Supreme… Continue reading

“For Better Elections, Give Ranked Choice Voting a Chance”

August 8, 2018, 8:22 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Boston Globe editorial. See also this analysis by Sandy Maisel in The American Interest.

“Possible new election twist for voters who want to rank more than 3 choices: Try 10”

July 27, 2018, 7:35 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

The SF Chronicle reports.

“Maine Ranked-Choice Voting as a Case of Electoral-System Change”

July 26, 2018, 8:06 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Jack Santucci has written this article for Representation. Here is the abstract: Ranked-choice voting (RCV) manufactures an electoral majority in a fragmented candidate field. For RCV to pass at referendum, part of a reform coalition must be willing to… Continue reading

Maine SOS Matt Dunlap to Do Webinar on Maine’s Experience with Ranked Choice Voting

July 25, 2018, 7:55 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Details for Aug. 2 event. Maybe Dunlap will also answer questions about his lawsuit against Trump’s voter “fraud” commission.

FairVote on RCV in 2018

July 12, 2018, 7:30 amalternative voting systemsDan Tokaji

White paper available here. See also this Elite Daily story and this FairVote post on Santa Clara’s single transferable vote proposal. Update: FairVote vote also has this post on its amicus brief in the California VRA case against Santa… Continue reading

“SF Elections are Working — and Getting Even Better”

June 28, 2018, 3:53 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Oped from By SF election commissioners Charlotte Hill, Christopher Jerdonek and Viva Mogi: The current RCV system also facilitated higher voter participation than the previous December runoff system, which San Francisco used until 2004. Under that system, the… Continue reading

“Ranked-Choice Voting Fans Hope Maine’s Experiment Pays Off”

June 21, 2018, 6:25 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

AP: Maine‘s first crack at ranked-choice voting went off without a hitch, and backers of the voting method are hopeful the results will motivate other states to give it a try. The state finished its first ranked-choice process Wednesday… Continue reading