Mayors of major cities back ranked choice voting

Fair Vote - Mayors of big cities across the country are coming out in support of ranked choice voting (RCV). RCV is currently used in 46 U.S. cities, including the most populous cities in seven states. Several mayors of these cities, as well as mayors in other states’ largest cities – including Boston, Detroit, Denver, and Chicago – have expressed support for RCV. 

RCV has proven particularly popular condensing two-round city elections into a single, higher-turnout election. With RCV, voters can select a majority winner in one round – if no candidate wins more than half of voters’ first choices, an “instant runoff” is held using voters’ backup choices.