Category Archives: alternative voting systems
Should the Three Judge Court Order Ranked Choice Voting for 2018 in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case?
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”
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”
“Maine Ranked-Choice Voting as a Case of Electoral-System Change”
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
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
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”
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”
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.”
Rob Richie Talks Ranked Choice Voting in Maine with Ken Rudin of NPR
“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