Ranked choice voting wins in two more cities

Ranked choice voting ballot measures won last night in Burlington, VT and Redondo Beach, CA. These mark the 21st and 22nd consecutive wins for RCV ballot measures in cities. In Burlington, voters have already used ranked choice voting for city council elections – and they liked it so much that they expanded it to cover the mayor, school commission members, and ward election officers.   

64 jurisdictions across the nation have RCV in place, including two states, two counties, and 60 cities. They range from cities in ruby-red Utah to deep-blue San Francisco, and from tiny Arden, Delaware (430 residents) to humongous New York City (nearly nine million residents). RCV has been used in elections for offices from school board members to the President of the United States.