Category Archives: alternative voting systems
“Mainers vote to keep ranked-choice voting, with supporters holding commanding lead”
Portland Press-Herald:
Mainers supported ranked-choice voting for the second time in two years with the passage of a people’s veto on Tuesday, making the state the first in modern times to overhaul its system for choosing candidates.
Supporters of Question… Continue reading
“A Better Electoral System in Maine”
Eric Maskin and Amartya Sen NYT oped:
A great deal turns on Tuesday’s primary elections in Maine. For the first time in America, ranked-choice voting — a system likely to reduce political polarization — will be used to choose candidates… Continue reading
NYT Editorial Endorses Ranked Choice Voting
This is a big deal:
Ranked-choice voting can’t single-handedly fix America’s broken elections, but it’s a worthwhile experiment, and it’s already proved to make for a better process, particularly in candidate-heavy primaries. If it’s combined with other electoral reforms, like… Continue reading
“Maine Voters to Rank All Candidates Rather Than Pick One”
“Las Cruces City Council adopts ranked-choice voting”
David Brooks Calls for Ranked Choice Voting in Multimember Districts
“Maine GOP must use ranked-choice voting in primary, judge rules”
Bangor Daily News:
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Maine Republican Party’s last-ditch bid to decide its primaries by a plurality of votes, ensuring that both parties will use ranked-choice voting in four different races in the June… Continue reading
“From Idea to Implementation: A Ranked Choice Voting and Voting Systems Symposium.”
Announcement via email:
Recently the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center hosted “From Idea to Implementation: A Ranked Choice Voting and Voting Systems Symposium.” Recordings of the live broadcasts and post-symposium Q&A documents (including links to the handouts and additional materials)… Continue reading
First Ranked-Choice Poll in Maine
“A different way of voting in California can boost turnout and save money”
Jennifer Pae oped in Sacramento Bee.
“‘Ranked choice voting is the law of Maine;’ It’s time for legislators to start appealing to voters, not judges”
“Maine’s top court clears way for ranked-choice voting in June”
Bangor Daily News:
Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine’s June primary elections, the state’s high court ruled on Tuesday in a massive win for supporters of the first-in-the-nation system that has faced constitutional scrutiny and run a political gauntlet… Continue reading
“A Way to Eliminate One Form of Russian Election Hacking”
John Porter and Rob Richie:
As revealed in February indictments by Robert Mueller, Russian operatives weaponized an antiquated rule of American democracy: the loophole that allows candidates to win all of a state’s electoral votes with less than 50 percent… Continue reading