News & Updates

"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

Ongoing effort by Cal RCV and partners pays off as AB 1227 passes 31-7

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.

Kent Thiry, co-chair of Unite America, calls for RCV to be used in Presidential primaries

Political columnist Mark Barabak says Californians should look to Alaska's use of RCV to see how we can improve politics

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.

Cal RCV co-founder Jim Lindsay has been appointed to the Elections Commission

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

Single-member districts are uniquely susceptible to gerrymandering; proportional multi-member districts make the practice prohibitively hard.

Months of effort by Cal RCV and partners pays off as AB 1227 passes 67-0

Douglas Schoen recommends Ranked Choice Voting in op-ed

Frustration with the polarization of our political system has helped ranked choice voting gain ground across the country over the past two decades.

Cal RCV's campaign succeeds as the first city in Los Angeles County chooses the Instant Runoff method of voting

State’s small cities should take note of November success in Albany’s multi-seat City Council race

Programming error shouldn’t sway Bay Area from using system that strengthens principle of majority rule

"I believe in democratic processes. Ranked-choice voting is more democratic, and so, yes, I do think it would be good for Richmond." -- Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez

Loren Taylor shaded the system after his loss. Oaklandside asked Sean Dugar, Cal RCV consultant and Oakland-based national elections expert, to weigh in.

The League of Women Voters of Alameda (LWVA) and their supporters want the option to institute RCV in Alameda to appear on the ballot in 2024.

System strengthens the principle of majority rule and discourages negative campaigning

The 2022 Midterm Election is over, and although the results are still coming in, Ranked Choice Voting was used and voted to be implemented throughout the state.