Third-Party Candidates: Let Voters Have More Options

Third-Party Candidates: Let Voters Have More Options

By adopting ranked-choice voting, state by state, we can transform our politics, empower voters, and ensure truly fair elections.

Illinois legislature looking at ranked-choice voting for key offices

(The Center Square) – Voters could get a chance to rank their preferred candidates in upcoming elections, a move some argue is premature and not wanted by voters.

Iowa Senate GOP moves to ban ranked choice voting

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa would join 13 states that have banned ranked choice voting under a bill that’s cleared the Iowa Senate with Republican support. Senator Ken Rozenboom, a Republican from Oskaloosa, says a ballot where all candidates in a race are to be ranked from first to last choice would be confusing to voters. “In my view ranked choice voting makes it harder to vote,” he said. “It makes the votes harder to count.” Democrats in the state se…

Ranked Choice Voting is back on the chopping block, but how effective will a ban be? - SaportaReport

Ranked choice voting (RCV) — also called instant runoff voting — is at the center of a bill to ban the voting system that has been gaining popularity around the country.The Senate Bill, SB 175, would effectively “prohibit the use of ranked choice voting” in the state — with some exceptions, like the bill not applying to military personnel deployed overseas.“This Code section shall not apply to electors who are entitled to vote absentee ballots u…

Connecticut Bill SB01536 Ranked Choice Voting