Category Archives: alternative voting systems

“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

“Maine’s election shows that ranked-choice voting is hot right now. But we have been here before.”

June 15, 2018, 10:15 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Jack Santucci blogs.

Rob Richie Talks Ranked Choice Voting in Maine with Ken Rudin of NPR

June 15, 2018, 8:43 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

Listen here. More editorials favoring RCV.

“Mainers vote to keep ranked-choice voting, with supporters holding commanding lead”

June 13, 2018, 9:27 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

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”

June 10, 2018, 7:53 pmalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

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