Friend --
While our
communities, states, country and the world grapple with the fallout of
the Covid-19 outbreak, we have anchors that hold us fast to the hope
for better elections.
Now is the time to build on our progress.
Here are four reasons to participate in the
#RankedChoiceVoting #WeekofAction and help us build support for wider
scale reform:
- From the third party presidential runs of Ross Perot, Gary Johnson and now Justin Amash, candidates shouldn't have to play spoiler. We must break the historical trend of panicking over third party candidates and enact real electoral reforms, like ranked choice voting.
- Ranked choice voting in combination with vote-by-mail made an enormous difference in the four state presidential primaries that used it during this pandemic. While other states were delaying elections or risking public health by allowing them to go forward, Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii, and Kansas could move ahead with their rank-choice mail ballots.
- The people of Maine and then the state legislature blazed a trail for ranked choice voting for the 2020 Presidential general election.
- State parties in Utah, Iowa, and Minnesota switched to using RCV for their state conventions.
Let’s lift up these successes and
opportunities by walking towards ranked choice voting in 2024 in all
states for the presidential election.
Join us
in spreading the word and growing our ranks during this Week of
Action.
We kicked off
the ranked choice voting Week of Action with a virtual gathering that
included more than a hundred people, 20 breakout sessions, and a new
list of great ideas from so many of you. And it’s only
Monday!
For Day Two we’re asking you to share this ranked choice voting explainer video with your networks.
We are laying the groundwork for
large scale reform—together. We need your help to move this ball
forward.
Stay tuned for
how to participate in Day Three of the ranked choice voting week of
action.
Thanks for everything you’re
doing,
Katie
