Opinion: Bay Area should embrace ranked-choice voting movement

The Mercury News editorial board urges the Bay Area to embrace ranked choice voting. In multi-candidate races, especially low-turnout primaries, a candidate can win with 20 to 30 percent of the vote, an outcome that too often favors extreme or negative candidates and hurts minority candidates. RCV strengthens majority rule and gives voters a greater say in who wins.

Read the full editorial at the San Jose Mercury News for more details.