Ranked Choice Voting and Instant Runoff Voting Bills advancing in Minnesota, Washington, DC and New York City.
This post from Rob Richie, FairVote update.
Ranked choice voting (RCV) has a simple goal: accommodate voter choice. More choice means more power, and RCV provides a bottom-up solution to problems with our electoral system. It is another way to vote, besides Instant Runoff Voting (IRV).
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Collecting highlights from RCV News in 2014, from its ever-growing use for campus elections to new expressions of support from top political leaders. Just this week former U.S. Senator David Durenberger (R-MN) had a strong commentary about how RCV has reduced the impact of campaign spending, while Rob was among several presenters of papers on RCV at an important electoral reform conference last week at Stanford.
Ranked choice voting bills have been introduced in numerous state legislatures in 2013-2014, with particularly promising progress reported on by FairVote Minnesota.
FairVote Washington says Washington, DC, may become the next major city to adopt the instant runoff voting (IRV) form of RCV to elect its local officials. Councilmember David Grosso introduced his IRV legislation to reform all primary and general elections. With early support from co-sponsors David Catania, Mary Cheh, and Tommy Wells and a large mayoral field drawing attention to the problem of "split votes" and "spoilers," the bill needs just three votes for a council majority.
New York City has a vibrant movement for adoption of IRV in citywide primaries, led by the city council speaker and civic groups like the Citizens Union. There is legislation to enact IRV in future city elections moving in both the city council and the state legislature.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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