Ranked choice voting moves ahead

 Ranked choice voting had its biggest Election Day ever: 

• At least six cities, counties, and states home to one million people voted to adopt RCV. A ballot measure to implement RCV in Nevada is currently leading, while a ballot measure to implement RCV in Seattle is currently neck-and-neck. 

• RCV was successfully used in 12 cities and states home to nearly four million people, including for all of Alaska’s federal and state elections and Maine’s federal elections. 

 

Ranked choice voting is the fastest-growing nonpartisan voting reform in the nation; with yesterday’s ballot wins, it is now reaching a total of 61 jurisdictions with 15 million people. 

 

"Ranked choice voting this week again showed why it's the fastest-growing, nonpartisan voting reform in the country,” said Rob Richie, President and CEO of FairVote. “Voters are embracing it from Portland to Portland and New York to Nome, for better choices, better campaigns, and better representation. Everywhere it’s used, voters say they understand and like it – whether in blue, red, or swing parts of the country."