Ranked choice voting is gaining popularity across the country, from small cities in Utah to congressional districts in Maine. But how does it make elections better and give voters more power?
Ranked choice voting gives you the option to rank candidates in order of preference. If your first choice can’t win, your vote is instantly counted for your second choice.
Ranking candidates takes the power away from the parties and the special interests and gives it back to the people. After all, elections are for voters, not politicians.
– Bill Weld, Former Governor of Massachusetts and Republican presidential candidate
These changes would make our elections more representative, and just as importantly, underscore for voters that they have real options and that their votes really matter.
– EJ Dionne, Columnist
Ranked choice voting means more engagement, less polarization and more democracy. It means listening to people you might not usually listen to, and it creates a freer exchange of ideas.
– Letitia James, Attorney General of New York (D)
What we found is all of the candidates liked it and over 80% of the people who used it to vote loved it and want it more.
– Amelia Powers Gardner, County Clerk (R), Utah City
