Ranked Choice Voting

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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, they are declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes for that candidate are redistributed to the remaining candidates, based on the next preference on each ballot. This process continues until one candidate has a majority. Learn more about how it works.

Why Ranked Choice Voting?

Prevents the tyranny of the middle
Encourages diversity of candidates
Discourages negative campaigning
Provides more choice for voters
Saves money by avoiding runoff elections

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What is ranked choice voting? What's happening with it in my state? (www.usnews.com)

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What is ranked choice voting?

This article is a great overview.

What's happening in my state?

The same article lists some things, and Wikipedia has more details.

Here's what on the ballot this year:

Alaska is voting to repeal RCV
Arizona is voting on a proposition for non-partisan primaries and RCV
Colorado is voting on using RCV
Connecticut is evaluating RCV for legislation in 2025
District of Columbia is voting on using RCV
Idaho is voting on using RCV
Missouri is voting on banning RCV altogether
Montana is voting on a proposition for non-partisan primaries
Nevada is voting on using RCV for federal and state elections
Oregon is voting on using RCV for federal and state elections
South Dakota is voting on non-partisan top 2 primaries
Texas has a group working on ranked choice voting

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