This November, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and at least four cities will vote on
RCV, and Colorado is likely to join them. Donate Today Dear John,

2024 is likely to be the biggest year ever forranked choice voting(RCV)! This
November, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and at least four cities will vote on RCV, and
Colorado is likely to join them. This means thenumber of states using RCV could
triple.

With so many RCV measures on the ballot, state and local reform groups need your
help to make sure they pass! You don’t have to live in the city or state in
question to help the campaign. Phone and text-banking can be done from anywhere,
positive comments on social media help generate momentum, and if you’re up for a
road trip, you can combine a little tourism and social action.

Read on for information about each of this year’s RCV ballot measures – and how
you can get involved.We’ll also share some of the new (and newly prominent)
endorsements RCV has received from across the political spectrum, including the
first RCV endorsement from anominee for vice president!

Idaho

Idahoans for Open Primariesturned in over 94,000 signatures for an initiative to
adopt nonpartisan primaries and RCV general elections in the Gem State. The
initiative has since been certified to appear on the November ballot, and beat
backa legal challenge this week. It has support from many of the state’s
political leaders – including former Governor Butch Otter and former Lieutenant
Governor Jack Riggs.

Volunteer to help the Yes on 1 campaign win!

Nevada

In 2022, Nevadans voted in favor of adopting nonpartisan primaries and ranked
choice voting general elections! Under Nevada law, since it is a
citizen-initiated constitutional amendment, the measure must pass again in 2024
to take effect.

Follow the Yes on 3 campaign for more information!

Oregon

Oregon’s legislaturereferreda ranked choice voting measure to the November 2024
ballot – the most significant step ever taken by a state legislature to promote
RCV. It will appear on the ballot as Measure 117. Oregon would use RCV within
both party primaries and general elections, including for president!

Oregon Attorney General candidate Dan Rayfield said that “any system that
incentivizes us to restrict voices and requires people to strategically vote is
broken” – which was a key reason a bipartisan group of legislators placed RCV on
the ballot during Rayfield’s time as speaker of the Oregon House of
Representatives.

FollowOregon Ranked Choice Votingfor ways to help the campaign!

Colorado

Organizers in Colorado submitted 213,000 signatures this summer for Initiative
310, which would bring nonpartisan primaries and RCV general elections to the
Centennial State. Those signatures are now being verified by the state.

If the initiative passes, Colorado – home to nearly 6 million people – would
become the largest state using RCV statewide! Visit Colorado Voters First to
learn more about the initiative.

Washington, DC

Initiative 83 would bring ranked choice voting to the nation’s capital and let
independents vote in the taxpayer-funded primary of their choice – strengthening
democracy for DC’s nearly 700,000 residents. It would also give many of the
nation’s most prominent political leaders and reporters direct experience with
RCV.

Make All Votes Count DCis leading the campaign for Initiative 83, which was
confirmed for the ballot on August 2. Volunteer to help them win in November!

Oak Park and Peoria, Illinois

Oak Park residents gathered signatures to put a ranked choice voting measure on
the November 2024 ballot – part of a growing trend in Illinois after Evanston
adopted RCV a few years ago.

In Peoria, a non-binding RCV measure will be on the November 2024 ballot, asking
voters if Illinois should adopt RCV for state and federal elections. The
question was referred to the ballot at the annual township meeting.

To support RCV in the Prairie State, visit FairVote Illinois!

Richmond, California

In July, the Richmond City Council voted unanimouslyto put ranked choice voting
on the November ballot. Implementing RCV would make Richmond – home to 114,000
people – the ninth California city to use this better form of elections.
Richmond would join its neighbors like San Francisco and Berkeley that have used
RCV to empower voters and improve representation for decades.

Check out Cal RCV for the latest news on ranked choice voting in California and
how to get involved!

Protecting the win

In Alaska and Bloomington, MN, opponents of reform placed measures on the ballot
to repeal ranked choice voting – even though RCV has delivered on its promises
in both places. For example, 85% of Alaskanssay RCV is simple, 62% say they
prefer Alaska’s new election system, and amajoritysay their vote mattered more
than in previous years. A similar repeal effort in Minnetonka, MN failed just
last year – with residentsvoting in favorof RCV by a wider margin than when they
adopted it initially.

To help defeat these repeal efforts, visitAlaskans for Better Electionsand
FairVote Minnesota.

In addition, Missouri voters are at risk of losing local control over their
elections after legislators snuck an RCV prohibition into a constitutional
amendment that’s primarily focused on making it illegal for non-citizens to
vote. No cities in Missouri even use RCV, and non-citizens already cannot vote
in the state.Learn moreabout this deceptive ballot measure in the Show Me State,
and visitBetter Ballot KCto help defeat Amendment 7.

Ranked choice voting endorsements

In case you missed it, FairVote recently wroteabout how Minnesota Governor Tim
Walz, whom Vice President Kamala Harris just selected to be her running mate,
has a track record of supporting RCV. Walz is a vocal supporter of the reform,
having signed two billsthat could advance its use in the North Star State, and
speaking at a rally with our friends at FairVote Minnesota and other democracy
reform groups.

"Ranked choice voting is one of the ways to make sure people feel like their
vote is being counted, feel like it really matters. It increases participation
and gives us better trust in our democracy. I fully support it."– Gov. Tim Walz

In addition, comedian John Oliver recently called for RCV on Last Week Tonight,
and New Jersey’s largest newspaper wrote about how RCV could “avert electoral
chaos” caused by the spoiler effect in the presidential election.

Ranked choice voting is the nation’s fastest-growing election reform, with
widespread support across the political spectrum. Recently, Louisiana Senator
Bill Cassidy, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski,
Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Utah Senator Mitt Romney, and former Arkansas
Governor Asa Hutchinson have all endorsed RCV as well.

Thank you for reading this update! Stay tuned for more news on ranked choice
voting as the November elections approach.

Sincerely,
Diane Silver
Advocacy Manager


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