RCV In the News

Senate Bill 1164, awaiting Governor Newsom's signature, would revise the California Voting Rights Act to recognize alternatives to single-member districts, opening a path for cities like Davis to adopt proportional ranked choice voting citywide. The Vanguard reports that Davis has seen competition collapse since switching to district elections in 2020, with research from Preston Jordan finding roughly 8 percent of at-large seats uncontested compared to 38 percent under distri

Irvine voters will decide on Measure D this November, a ballot measure that would replace the city's choose-one ballot with ranked choice voting for mayoral and city council races beginning in 2028. Voter Choice Irvine, the coalition behind the measure, argues that RCV would end the vote splitting that has let Irvine candidates win with roughly a third of the vote, and the campaign has drawn endorsements across the political spectrum, including from the Democrats of Greater I

Better Ballot Sacramento, an initiative of the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County, is building a coalition to place ranked choice voting on the city's November 2028 ballot, a change that would eliminate Sacramento's city primaries and decide every council and mayoral race on a single November ballot. Supporters point to FairVote research showing that Sacramento's primary electorate is older and whiter than its November electorate, and that three of four council races