Allowing for “consensus choice” would improve ranked-choice voting in the commonwealth, Better Choices for Democracy’s Carah Ong Whaley writes.

Dr. Jonathan Madison, Governance Fellow, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of House Bill 580, “AN ACT concerning Montgomery County – Voting Methods” February 18, 2026 House Government, Labor, and ...

A bill prohibiting ranked choice voting passed out of the Indiana Senate Elections Committee on Monday. Even though Indiana doesn’t currently allow for that election method, those in support of the ...

Attorney Scott Kendall is the architect of Alaska’s current voting method, adopted by voters in 2020. In addition to opening ...

How Mainers choose their elected leaders is once again up for debate at the State House. Nearly a decade after voters ...

Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of House Bill 630, “Elections; ranked choice voting; locally elected office, report.” February 9, 2026 House Privileges and ...

Illinois municipalities face confusion on whether the Illinois election code allows for the implementation of ranked choice voting. Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill that would clarify how local ...

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" plurality voting ...

The effort to include elections for Maine's governor and state lawmakers under ranked-choice voting faces constitutional questions.

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 ...

The Juneau Assembly has shelved plans for a local ranked-choice voting system, saying the timing is wrong as the city prepares for significant budget strain. Assembly member Ella Adkison moved to ...

The nonprofit group Ranked Choice Voting for Longmont, co-founded by University of Colorado Boulder student Dillon Rankin and former Longmont City Council at-large candidate John Lembke, held its ...