Today we celebrate freedom and recommit to making democracy work for all. It's time to close the gap between voting rights promised & rights delivered.
More voices, more representation, stronger democracy.
#Juneteenth #VotingRights #RankedChoiceVoting #FairMaps
When people use #RankedChoiceVoting, they find it easy to use and want to use it more!
"These high costs and low turnout are predictable problems that could have been prevented if Georgia used ranked choice voting (RCV)."
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"Past statewide runoffs have cost Georgia taxpayers as much as $75 million. Turnout in this year’s runoffs fell by 24% statewide – with several races falling by more than 60%."
Have a happy Juneteenth from all of us at Rank the Vote!
"The ranked choice voting discussion comes in Lafayette after a close race last year for four at-large seats on the City Council. Annmarie Jensen received 15.9% of the vote, incumbent Saul Tapia Vega received 15.8%, Adam Gianola received 14.4% and incumbent Crystal Gallegos received 12%."
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“State officials are nearing the end of a dayslong ranked-choice runoff process to determine the final outcomes in key Maine primary races, including both gubernatorial primaries…
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Officials revised their timeline later, saying results would come on Thursday after announcing staff needed to retrieve paper ballots from South Berwick to back up their work.”
In primaries, it is not unusual for the winner to have a low percentage of the votes. #RCV ensures over 50% of the vote is needed to win, while still encouraging many candidates to run!
Curious about how #RCV went in DC this week?
@FairVote.bsky.social rounds up the takeaways here: fairvote.org/takeaways-from-the-first-ranked-choice-voting-election-in-washington-dc
