Elections News Election 2024 Ranked Choice Voting

Ranked choice voting in DC moves forward — despite attempt to halt it

Ranked choice voting is coming to D.C. — whether these two council members like it or not. At-Large Council member Anita Bonds and Council member Wendell Felder, of Ward 7, argued for an emergency ... Read More

DC's June primary will use ranked choice voting, DC Council vote decides

D.C. voters will have more of a say in who gets elected to office come June 2026. That month’s primary is the first time ranked choice voting will be in place, after the D.C. Council cleared the way ... Read More

Ready for ranked-choice voting, DC.? It’s moving forward.

An effort to delay the implementation of ranked-choice voting until 2027 failed at the D.C. Council on Tuesday, and the new voting method is moving full steam ahead. Read More

Ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system used to elect nearly every US politician

(THE CONVERSATION) American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” ... Read More

Ranked Choice for Every Voter? New Bill Would Transform Every Congressional Election by 2030

As voters brace for what is expected to be a chaotic and divisive midterm election cycle, U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin (Md.), Don Beyer (Va.), and U.S. Senator Peter Welch (Vt.) have ... Read More

Mainers should lead nation in election reform | Opinion

This partisan election process is doing great harm to all of us, including our parties. Now is the time for Maine to move away from it. Read More

Ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system used to elect nearly every US politician

(THE CONVERSATION) American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” ... Read More