This number, from January 2023, is based on voters who live in counties or states that use ranked-choice voting. The system has grown over the past two decades with 53 or so cities using it today.

Examining how the 2022 Alaska congressional race was tabulated provides a good example of how ranked choice voting works in practice. Alaska and Maine are currently the only two states that use ...

OAKLAND — The use of ranked-choice voting, an election format that allows people to support multiple candidates in a single race, is becoming more widespread across the country with cities ...

Secretary of State Paul Pate said the new laws "add additional layers of integrity to our robust election procedures." ...

High Country News’ weekly email newsletters ... Four states — Oregon, Colorado, Idaho and Nevada — resoundingly rejected ranked-choice voting initiatives. Alaska is still awaiting a final ...

Each week, readers across the country send our Why Not ... top of the list is a proposal for remaking how Americans vote: ranked-choice voting. Under such a system, voters don’t just choose ...

Australia adopted the practice before any other country in the world ... in several states will be using the method in some capacity in November. Ranked choice voting, also known as instant ...

In a truly representative democracy, every vote should be counted in a way that reflects the electorate’s intent. While a ...