Ranked-Choice Voting Rejected in Statewide Ballots
Alongside high-profile races last week, voters in several states also decided on ballot measures, including ranked-choice voting. While political
Ranked-choice voting faces cloudy future after election setbacks
Voters in several states, including Missouri, last week delivered a stinging rebuke to ranked-choice voting, clouding the future of an idea that had seen strong momentum in recent years. Ranked-choice voting,
What Happened to Ranked Choice Voting?
But ranked choice voting advocates also suffered a pretty serious shellacking on Election Day, though they’re managing to be much less fatalistic about it. “It was a false start down a pathway that people do not like,
Why Results in US House Hinge on Ranked-Choice Voting
The vast majority of elections in the US are guided by plurality rule: Each voter selects one candidate, and the person with the most votes wins. Critics say this system, while simple to grasp, means voters can’t fully express their views when more than two candidates are running for an office.
Ranked choice voting for CD2 begins
The race for Maine's 2nd Congressional District has now officially gone to ranked choice voting. That tabulation process began in Augusta Tuesday afternoon.
Four states reject ranked-choice voting, approved in District
Alaska and Maine already use ranked-choice voting, which supporters say could lead to more moderate politics. But it has been rejected in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.
Western voters reject ranked-choice voting
Four states — Oregon, Colorado, Idaho and Nevada — resoundingly rejected ranked-choice voting initiatives. Alaska is still awaiting a final verdict on whether it will keep or repeal its own ranked-choice voting system. And in Arizona and Montana, ballot measures mandating open primaries were also defeated.
Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Ranked-choice voting fails, but Clean Election endures
The contrast with ranked choice is telling. Bay State voters actually approved a clean elections system only to have the Legislature refuse to accept the results. Lawmakers cooked up another tendentious referendum, labeling the system “taxpayer funded,” and voters fell for it, reversing themselves.
Opinion
Editorial: A smooth debut, but questions ahead for ranked-choice voting
Portland's first election using ranked-choice voting appears to have gone smoothly under Multnomah County Elections officiais' professional management, the editorial board writes. But there are a number of questions,
Ranked-choice voting measure fails in Colorado
A measure to implement top-four, all-candidate primaries and ranked-choice voting in the general election has failed in Colorado, Decision Desk HQ projects. Coloradans voted down the proposed change,
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Professors Talk Ranked-Choice Voting, Anti-Incumbent Wave at Harvard Law School Panel
Proportional ranked-choice voting in Portland, Ore. allowed the city to “get a diverse array of candidates elected from ...
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Portland’s Ranked Choice Voting Was a Success (Despite What the Oregonian Claims)
Full stop. The reason why we’re able to celebrate this indisputable fact is thanks to charter reform and ranked choice ...
Ranked voting will decide a pivotal congressional race. How does that work?
In a pivotal congressional race in Maine, the state’s ranked choice voting system is being used to determine the winner, but ...
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Begich maintains lead and repeal of ranked choice still passing in updated election results
Nick Begich III now has 49% of first-place votes to U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s 46%, while Ballot Measure 2 is passing by a ...
Boston election ballot mess raises concerns about city’s ability to handle ranked-choice voting
Boston’s failures in last week’s election have prompted concerns around whether its Election Department, now under ...
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Ranked choice runoff set to begin in tight 2nd District congressional race
The ranked choice tabulation in the race between U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and state Rep. Austin Theriault will start at 1 p.m.
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How ranked choice voting helped Daniel Lurie to a clear victory in S.F. mayoral race
As of Friday afternoon, Lurie led in every round of ranked choice voting, finishing with 55.8% of the final vote — ...