The Democratic Party’s leadership contest has turned into a high-stakes trial of ranked-choice voting and its potential to ...

The 2026 primary election in Washington, D.C., is the first time the District will use ranked choice voting to decide the outcome. The transition from traditional “first-past-the-post” voting to ...

For those of us who actually vote, the process can be dispiriting. It often involves waiting in long lines on a weekday at some random schoolhouse or decommissioned train depot, just to cast a ballot ...

Voters in the District of Columbia will use ranked choice voting for the first time this June. Board of Elections Chair Gary Thompson breaks down how it works and what every voter needs to do to make ...

Virginia lawmakers are debating whether to broaden the use of ranked-choice voting in local elections. That is a welcome conversation. Letting voters rank candidates can reduce the spoiler effect, ...

Mainers decided to begin using ranked-choice voting in elections for the state Legislature, governor and federal offices all the way back in November of 2016 — the first state in the nation to do so.

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