News & Updates
Apr 3, 2024
Cal RCV Updates
Cal RCV
Some RCV Opponents Show Partisan Stripes
Although entrenched interests on both sides of the political spectrum oppose RCV, election-deniers present a rising challenge to ranked-choice reforms.
Mar 8, 2024
Op-Ed
LA Times
Politicians shouldn't get to pick their opponents. Read our Op-ed in the LA Times.
Opinion: Steve Garvey’s strange win is a loss for California election reform. Here’s the solution.
Mar 2, 2024
Cal RCV Updates
Cal RCV
Playing Games With California's Top-Two Primary
California’s top two primary system, while well-intentioned, is too easily manipulated.
Feb 12, 2024
Op-Ed
Sacramento News & Review
Let's Talk About Improving Sacramento's Election System
Supporting Ranked Choice Voting for Sacramento starts with raising awareness so that everybody gets to know how it works and we can build support for a 2026 ballot measure.
Feb 5, 2024
Cal RCV Updates
Cal RCV
Poll: 64% of voters in Santa Clara County support ranked choice voting
A new EMC Research poll finds that 64% of likely 2024 voters in Santa Clara County support using ranked choice voting (RCV) in countywide and local elections. This represents significant growth in support since 54% of county voters voted for RCV in county elections by approving Measure F in 1998.
Jan 17, 2024
Research
FairVote
Ranked Choice Voting and Communities of Color Research
New Report Shows Evidence that Ranked Choice Voting Benefits Candidates and Voters of Color
Nov 28, 2023
Research
FairVote
Voter Turnout Flounders in Sacramento Primaries
"Sacramento, California has a voter turnout problem. Turnout in its primaries is much lower than in its general elections, and the primary electorate is less representative of Sacramento’s population – underrepresenting young voters and renters. Sacramento could join other California cities, and solve this problem by consolidating its elections into a single, high-turnout contest with ranked choice voting."
Nov 27, 2023
Op-Ed
Press-Telegram
Opinion: Doubling down on an open primary will expand voter choice in California
“Instead, California should give more options to voters by expanding the number of candidates that advance to the general election and determine the winner using an instant runoff, also known as ranked-choice voting.”
Nov 9, 2023
Cal RCV Updates
Cal RCV
RCV Rocks the Vote Around the Country in 2023
Our friends in Michigan - Kalamazoo, East Lansing, and Royal Oak - just shouted a resounding "HECK YEAH!" to RCV this past Tuesday.
Oct 7, 2023
Cal RCV Updates
Cal RCV
Governor Newsom signs bill allowing Ranked Choice Voting in Santa Clara County
County is now clearly authorized to upgrade to better, fairer elections
Sep 6, 2023
Op-Ed
BeyondChron
New developments in SF Supervisor races and a Defense of Ranked Choice Voting
"I can’t write about San Francisco’s upcoming races without defending ranked choice voting (RCV). RCV is getting a lot of unfair criticism. I’d like to set the record straight." -- Randy Shaw, editor of BeyondChron
Sep 5, 2023
Cal RCV Updates
Cal RCV
California Senate passes bill allowing Ranked Choice Voting in Santa Clara County
Ongoing effort by Cal RCV and partners pays off as AB 1227 passes 31-7
Aug 10, 2023
Research
Stanford Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
New National Deliberative Poll Shows Bipartisan Support for Polarizing Issues Affecting American Democracy
Stanford Professor Larry Diamond: One of the biggest takeaways was the consistent majority support for Ranked Choice Voting in all of its different potential applications. After deliberating, majorities of our sample consistently supported the use of RCV for all kinds of elections — local, state, and national, and in both primaries and in general elections.
Jul 13, 2023
Op-Ed
The Hill
Replace our minority rules presidential primary system with ranked-choice voting
Kent Thiry, co-chair of Unite America, calls for RCV to be used in Presidential primaries
Jul 2, 2023
Op-Ed
LA Times
Think our politics stink? Look north to Alaska
Political columnist Mark Barabak says Californians should look to Alaska's use of RCV to see how we can improve politics
Jun 14, 2023
Op-Ed
Morgan Hill Life
Editorial: Ranked choice voting can help increase voter turnout
Santa Clara County might be on the brink of embracing a new era of democracy. Introduced by Assemblymembers Evan Low and Alex Lee, Assembly Bill 1227 paves the way for implementing ranked choice voting in county elections.
Jun 7, 2023
RCV in the News
The Oaklandside
After fumbling last year’s elections, Alameda County’s voting office gets a new watchdog
Cal RCV co-founder Jim Lindsay has been appointed to the Elections Commission
May 10, 2023
RCV in the News
San Jose Mercury News
New Bill Could Allow Ranked Choice Voting in Santa Clara County
Cal RCV has worked to introduce a new state bill from two Silicon Valley legislators that could put Santa Clara County one step closer to adopting ranked choice voting
May 7, 2023
Op-Ed
The Hill
There's only one way to fix gerrymandering (and it's not through the courts)
Single-member districts are uniquely susceptible to gerrymandering; proportional multi-member districts make the practice prohibitively hard.
May 1, 2023
Cal RCV Updates
Cal RCV
California Assembly passes bill allowing Ranked Choice Voting in Santa Clara County
Months of effort by Cal RCV and partners pays off as AB 1227 passes 67-0