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 promise of ranked choice voting producing more moderate candidates has been undermined by extreme candidates.

Albuquerque’s “progressives” are at it again. Ever since Republican Richard “RJ” Berry won a three-way election for mayor in 2009 (against two Democrats), Albuquerque has had runoff elections ...

Wearing a superhero costume, actor and filmmaker DezBaa’ emerged from the voting booth Friday afternoon after casting a ballot in the crowded Santa Fe mayor’s race. She’d done her homework. She’d ...

Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

It's a new year, and we have a new Cincinnati City Council. Well, not really new − more like a retread with one new face. The part that we need to remember is that it was a vigorous and, at some ...

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 ...

Ahead of DC's primary election on June 16, candidates and grassroots organizations are rushing to educate voters on DC's new ranked choice voting system. The essence of ranked choice voting is in the ...