Hi Friend,
Tomorrow is Election Day, and it will be a great day for ranked choice voting (RCV)!
RCV is having its moment right now! Our President & CEO Rob Richie was just interviewed by CNBC, explaining how it gives voters more of a say in their elections <[link removed]>.
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The largest city in the country, New York City, <[link removed]> is about to decide on whether to use RCV for its primaries and special elections starting in 2021.
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Easthampton, MA <[link removed]>voters will also be voting tomorrow on whether to implement RCV for it elections, starting in 2021.
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Eleven cities in eight states -- a record total for a single day <[link removed]> -- are using RCV to conduct their elections:
- Las Cruces, the second largest city in New Mexico, will have the freedom to rank <[link removed]> their preferred candidates for the first time tomorrow.
- St. Louis Park, MN city council voted unanimously to adopt RCV, and now, the city will use it for the first time <[link removed]> in its city council and mayoral elections thanks to FairVote Minnesota’s <[link removed]> efforts to educate voters.
- The Eastpointe, MI city council voted to adopt a proportional representation form <[link removed]> of RCV in response to a DOJ Voting Rights Act lawsuit. The city will use multi-winner RCV, to ensure all voters receive fair representation in municipal government.
- Payson and Vineyard, UT opted-in to the statewide RCV local option legislation pilot program <[link removed]> that passed with bi-partisan support in May 2018, and will forgo their traditional primaries and instead implement an RCV election.
- San Francisco, CA has used RCV to elect mayoral and municipal elections since 2004, where it has been correlated with increased candidate diversity <[link removed]> and voter turnout. <[link removed]> This year’s municipal elections—headlined by a heavily scrutinized District Attorney race <[link removed]>—will feature an upgraded ballot <[link removed]> that will allow voters to rank up to 10 candidates.
- Portland, the largest city in Maine, a state that has taken the lead on adopting RCV, has used ranked ballots for its mayoral elections <[link removed]> since 2011.
- Cambridge <[link removed]>, MA has used the at-large form of RCV, an American form of proportional representation <[link removed]> to elect its nine-seat City Council and six-seat School Committee since 1941. The continued use of RCV has led to fair representation <[link removed]> for women and people of color in the city and, as usual, the elections are highly competitive.
- Santa Fe, NM held its first mayoral and city council elections <[link removed]> in 2018 with RCV. The city saw turnout surge for a mayoral elections, and will use it again tomorrow for the city council race.
- When Telluride, CO adopted RCV in mayoral races that featured more than two candidates in 2008, it ushered in <[link removed]> “a new era of collective problem-solving” in the town.
- Minnesota’s second-largest city, St. Paul, will utilize RCV in its city council elections, which feature more than two dozen candidates <[link removed]>.
Never before have so many voters been given the opportunity to express their voice and choice, and we want to keep the momentum rolling. That’s where YOU come in, Friend.
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2019 has been an outstanding year for RCV -- and let’s make 2020 even better. Voters deserve a voice. Voters deserve a choice. Join us in our fight for a better democracy.
Sincerely,
Team FairVote
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