News & Updates

Mar 3, 2026

Op-Ed

Independent Voter News

Don't Kill Top Two. Upgrade It: A Smarter Way to Elect California's Governor

Ranked choice voting in November would ensure that the winner of the California governor's race commands majority support

Mar 2, 2026

Cal RCV Updates, RCV in the News

FairVote

Los Angeles Moves Toward Ranked Choice Voting

The LA RCV Coalition (led by Cal RCV and More Equitable Democracy) has been leading the charge for better elections with RCV in Los Angeles

Jan 7, 2026

Research

FairVote

Santa Clara County runoff turnout dropped 53%. Ranked choice voting is the solution.

Santa Clara County's costly runoff election with plummeting turnout highlights the urgent need for ranked choice voting reform.

Jan 7, 2026

RCV in the News

Signal Tribune

Ranked choice voting could be hitting Long Beach next

A group of Long Beach residents are working to change the city’s voting system to ranked choice voting

Dec 31, 2025

RCV in the News

San José Spotlight

Santa Clara County committee says ranked choice voting saves money

Ranked choice voting can save money for local governments and for candidates by eliminating the need for primary elections

Dec 19, 2025

Op-Ed

San Jose Mercury News

Opinion: A fix for Santa Clara County’s expensive special elections

Ranked choice voting could have saved taxpayers the $13 million cost of the Dec. 30 assessor race runoff

Dec 11, 2025

Research

Independent Voter News

Why Mathematicians Love Ranked Choice Voting

The Institute for Mathematics and Democracy (IMD) has released what may be the most comprehensive empirical study of ranked choice voting ever conducted.

Nov 19, 2025

Op-Ed

San Jose Spotlight

Charron: It’s time for Santa Clara County to adopt ranked choice voting

If we can spend $13 million on an extra election, we can certainly invest a fraction of that to make our voting system fairer.

Nov 10, 2025

RCV in the News

City Watch LA

LA Charter Reform Commission Considers Council Expansion, Proportional Ranked-Choice Voting, and Election Cost Savings

LA Charter Review Commission may recommend overhauling council elections with proportional ranked-choice voting, aiming for cost savings and fairer representation

Nov 6, 2025

RCV in the News

DemocracySOS

Election 2025: Ranked Choice Voting

A timely examination of how ranking candidates reshapes electoral dynamics

Oct 21, 2025

Cal RCV Updates

Cal RCV

Cal RCV Strategy Meeting - October 2025

Guest speakers shared insights on the PRCV rollout in Portland and updates on RCV progress in California

Oct 1, 2025

Research

Drake Rambke, Journal of Election Administration, Research & Practice

How Better Ballot Design and Voter Education Improved Oakland’s Ranked-Choice Voting Elections

Due to improvements in ballot design and voter guidance, the special election ran smoothly

Sep 29, 2025

Op-Ed, Cal RCV Updates

CityWatch LA

Redistricting, Proportional Representation and LA Charter Reform

Beyond Maps: How Los Angeles Could Make Every Vote Count

Aug 29, 2025

Op-Ed

New York Times

Politicians Are Polarized. American Voters, Not So Much.

RCV enables ideologically complex voters to express their nuanced views

Aug 10, 2025

Op-Ed

San Francisco Chronicle

California can never win a race to the bottom with Trump on redistricting

First, California and its Democrats should enact proportional representation, the fairest way to divide up legislative seats.

May 31, 2025

Op-Ed

The UCSD Guardian

The case for ranked choice voting

As more democracies confront the limitations of outdated systems, ranked choice voting stands out as a practical reform that brings elections closer to reflecting the true will of the people.

Apr 21, 2025

Op-Ed

Sacramento Bee

This simple change could increase voter participation and political civility in Sacramento

Evidence shows this method promotes political civility, supports consensus and gives voters greater choice and satisfaction.

Apr 14, 2025

RCV in the News

San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County puts ranked choice voting on back burner

Santa Clara County officials aren’t killing the idea of ranked choice voting — they just need to sort out an “existential crisis” before seismically shifting Silicon Valley elections.

Dec 15, 2024

RCV in the News

Capitol Weekly Podcast

A look at Ranked Choice Voting for Sacramento

With Josh Rosa of Better Ballot Sacramento

Oct 16, 2024

Op-Ed

San Francisco Standard

Baffled by the mayor’s race? Here's how to be a tactical ranked-choice voter

Ranked-choice voting works as a powerful system that narrows a crowded field of candidates through a series of computer-assisted instant runoffs.