Hi John,

The latest news in the soap opera saga of the 2024 presidential race is that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has suspended his campaign and is endorsing Donald Trump for president. We don't know how that will affect Trump's chances of election, but we do know it highlights one of the major challenges of our binary election system. 

Currently, in most states (with the notable exceptions of Maine and Alaska), you vote for one candidate and one candidate only. If your candidate wins, great. If your candidate loses, too bad, so sad. And if you don't like either candidate? Ah well, nothing to be done. Have fun picking the lesser of two evils. This is the downside of our two-party system. 

But systems can be changed. With Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), voters rank candidates from favorite to least favorite on the ballot. If your top candidate does not win, your vote can still count toward your second preference. That means there are no "wasted votes," and you don't have to vote for the lesser of two evils.

Flow chart of how Ranked Choice Voting Works. First, multiple candidates file for a seat. Voters rank candidates in order of preference. Votes are tabulated. If someone gets more than 50% of the vote, they win. If not, candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and supporters' next choice votes are distributed to remaining candidates.

RCV is on the ballot in four states and Washington, D.C. It's a game-changer for our elections, and you can help get it passed.

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