“Maryland’s electoral maps show how proportional representation could solve the problem of gerrymandering”
Alex Keena, Michael Latner, Anthony J. McGann, and Charles Anthony Smith have written this post at the LSE Blog.… Continue reading
Category Archives: alternative voting systems
“American Democracy Has a ‘Tyranny of the Minority’ Problem. Maine Has the Solution”
Rob Richie and Kevin Johnson oped in the Daily Beast.
“Maine races to implement election overhaul before June vote”
AP:
Maine election officials are racing to implement a new voting system in time for the June primary, marking the first use of ranked-choice voting in statewide primary elections.
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap plans to submit proposed rules governing… Continue reading
New Mexico: “Voters in survey approve of ranked-choice system”
“Santa Fe’s First Ranked Choice Voting Election Produced Clear Outcomes, Higher Turnout and Effective Use of New Ballot”
“Maine’s Statewide Primaries to Use Ranked Choice Voting in June and Hold Referendum on System’s Future”
Fairvote release:
The people have spoken: they want to use ranked choice voting (RCV) in June and have a chance to keep the system in place for future primary and congressional elections.
Matthew Dunlap, Maine’s secretary of state today certified… Continue reading
“Who Needs Congressional Districts?” and a Possible Answer
Michael Tomasky NYT oped:
Now imagine that the state’s House delegation were chosen differently — nine from districts, and nine via general ticket. That latter group would have to win statewide. That means they’d be more likely to tailor a… Continue reading
“Memphis City Council quietly works on anti-instant runoffs bill”
Gannett:
The Memphis City Council worked behind the scenes to find a sponsor for legislation this year that could ban instant-runoff elections statewide and forestall the Shelby County Election Commission from using the method for the first time in 2019.… Continue reading
“The second most important election of 2018 is this June in Maine”
Lee Drutman for Vox:
Some good news came out of Maine last week. Supporters of ranked-choice voting delivered more than 80,000 signatures on behalf of a statewide referendum, well over the 61,123 they needed to get the measure on the… Continue reading
David Brooks Says that Despite Structural Barriers, U.S. Could End Up with a Multi-Party System
“Evidence of a winning-cohesion tradeoff under multi-winner ranked-choice voting”
Jack Santucci has written this article for Electoral Studies. Here is the abstract:
New interest in “multi-winner ranked-choice voting” raises old questions about effects on party cohesion. Earlier scholars thought this single transferable vote (STV) rule was net-problematic for parties.… Continue reading
Maine: “Ranked-choice voters submit signatures for ‘people’s veto’ ballot initiative”
“Supreme Court clears way for ranked-choice voting in Santa Fe”
“Durenberger, Prince, Vetvick: Ranked voting passed its test with flying colors”
Oped in Twin Cities Pioneer Press.