February 10, 2018

Ranked choice voting update

Fair Vote - Maine’s Committee for Ranked Choice Voting reports that town clerks have already certified more than 72,000 signatures from those turned in by the committee to trigger a “people’s veto” of legislation that would have delayed implementation of ranked choice voting. The Secretary of State has until March 5 to certify the signatures for the referendum to be officially placed on the ballot, but it’s nearly certain that June 12 will be an historic day for electoral reform: Maine voters will vote with RCV as they select primary nominees, including in crowded statewide primaries for governor, and on RCV on whether to keep it in place for congressional and state primaries and for November general elections for U.S. Senate and U.S. House, starting this year.

Santa Fe voters preparing for the city’s first RCV election With the legal maneuvering finally out of the way, Santa Fe voters are becoming more informed about the city’s first ranked choice voting elections on March 6th that includes a wide-open election for mayor. The city’s website, votedifferentsantafe.com contains practice ballots, voting locations, important dates and answers to frequently asked questions that voters will need to know.

Santa Clara, CA will vote on switching to ranked choice voting and fair representation this June Last week the Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously to put a measure on the June ballot that would amend the city’s charter to adopt ranked choice voting for mayor and as a fair representation system in multi-winner elections for city council. If passed, the city would implement RCV for the 2020 election.

Once again the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is using ranked choice voting to determine all the nominees and the final vote for Best Picture.

State legislation has been introduced in states in every corner of the country. Just this week important bills that would allow cities to use RCV passed out of committees with bipartisan support in Utah and Virginia.

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