The ranked choice voting movement has had big wins in recent months – from
placing an RCV measure on Oregon’s 2024 ballot, to successful high-profile RCV
elections in Arlington and New York City!


DEAR {{SMARTNAME}},
Theranked choice voting(RCV) movement has hadbig winsin recent months – from
placing a statewide RCV measure onOregon’s 2024 ballot, to trailblazing pro-RCV
language in Connecticut's newly passed stateVoting Rights Act, to successful
high-profile RCV elections in New York City and Arlington!

These wins are only possible thanks to the movement’s rapid growth: At FairVote
alone, we’ve hired EIGHT newstaff memberssince February!Read on for more about
our new staff members, as well as exciting updates to our website!


MEET THE NEWEST FAIRVOTERS!
Shilanda Becnelis FairVote’s Director of People & Culture, overseeing all
aspects of people and culture strategy.Shilanda has over 15 years of people and
culture leadership experience, and is passionate about institutional
strengthening that will support the mission of FairVote. Lindsay Hoffmanjoins us
as Director of Foundation and Institutional Giving, responsible for all
fundraising from foundations and corporations. She has over 15 years experience
in nonprofit fundraising with a specific focus on grant writing and corporate
sponsorships. Hayley Carteris FairVote’s Events Manager, primarily focused on
fundraising events including the biennial FairVote Awards. Hayley brings
extensive experience working across multiple industries and styles of events,
and is thrilled to be part of FairVote’s Development Team. Bryan Huangis our
first-ever Lani Guinier Voting Rights Fellow, with a focus on advancing voting
rights through proportional ranked choice voting. Bryan comes to us with
valuable experience in quantitative research, and is well-positioned to make the
case that RCV gives voters more power. Yates Wilburnis FairVote’s State
Communications Associate, serving as the primary communications liaison to state
and city-based groups advocating for ranked choice voting in their communities.
Joy Guois FairVote’s Finance Manager, working in organizational accounting,
finance, grant accounting and grant management. She has been working in
non-profit organizations in the DC metro area for over 15 years. As Development
Operations Coordinator,Brandon Lambertysupports our fundraising work through
data and outreach. His Master’s of Public Policy from Temple University has
equipped him with extensive research skills and a desire to support political
reforms to better our democracy. AP Milleris FairVote’s Executive Assistant,
providing the Acting CEO and Senior Executive Team with the support they need to
keep the organization running at its fullest potential. AP is passionate about
nonprofit work and advancing FairVote’s mission.


CHANGES TO WEBSITE
We want the FairVote website to be a one-stop shop for all the information you
could ever want about ranked choice voting – includingdata on its impacts, where
it’sused in the U.S., and best practices for RCV election administration. That’s
why we’ve added three pages that were previously housed on the FairVote Action
site:

* RCV ballot measures tracker
* RCV state legislation tracker
* Sample congressional maps under the Fair Representation Act

On the FairVote Action website, check out the newWins and Opportunitiespage –
which highlights our movement's latest victories and ways to get involved right
now!

Thank you for making this year’s wins possible, and please consider a donation
so we can secure even more wins this fall.

Lan Nguyen,
Acting CEO of FairVote

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