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Hi Friend,

 

Not sure about you, but we’re riding a post-election high. 

 

Tuesday was a massive night for ranked choice voting, and for the incredibly
hard working reformers across the country who have been working tirelessly to
put voters first. 

 

A sincere congratulations — and thank you — to the individuals on the ground.
These are the meaningful efforts that make up our movement. 

 

Here are three things to think about this week:

RCV’s big night
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A record 31 municipalities used ranked choice voting for their elections on
Tuesday — the most ever. In cities like Minneapolis, Minnesota and Santa Fe,
New Mexico, ranked choice voting helped elect city councils and mayors. It was
a historic election in Minneapolis, where candidates of color willmake up the
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the city council for the first time ever. 

 

Meanwhile, in the three cities where ranked choice voting was on the ballot —
Ann Arbor, Michigan; Broomfield, Colorado; and Westbrook, Maine — voters
overwhelmingly said yes to adopting the reform. It’s been a monumental year for
ranked choice voting, and Tuesday demonstrates this momentum will carry well
into 2022 and beyond.



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How RCV played in Virginia
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One of the marquis races of Tuesday was the Virginia governor’s race, which
saw businessman Glenn Youngkin (R) defeat former governor Terry McAullife (D).
There’s a lot that can (and is) being written about lessons both parties can
learn coming out of Tuesday, but here’s one we feel they might be looking over:
Youngkin was nominated using ranked choice voting. 


In order to win the Republican primary, Youngkin had to appeal to the majority
of Republicans in the GOP convention, building a broad coalition helped to
prove hecould win in the general — in other words, using ranked choice voting
made him a stronger candidate. FromUtah Senator Curt Bramble and Colorado
Representative Colin Larson
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(both Republicans), check out why reforms like RCV are worth examining for
primary elections. 



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Easy(ish) listening
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Finally, a podcast recommendation: this week on her Deep Dive with Laura Arnold

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podcast,philanthropist and attorney Laura Arnold sits down with democracy
scholar Larry Diamond and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang to discuss
structural reform and how to save our system. 


Polarization has slowly crept it’s way into our politics over decades,
creating an almost stand-still in our politics. To reform the system, we need
to solve thePrimary Problem
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things like enacting ranked choice voting and ending gerrymandering. But don’t
take it from just us — listen to thefull podcast here
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Best,

 

Brett
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Brett Maney
Senior Communications Manager
Unite America
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