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The push for ranked-choice voting is gaining momentum in cities across the country, including Boston - where organizers say it will help increase voter turnout in municipal elections. The system, which allows voters to pick multiple candidates in a race, was rejected in a 2020 statewide ballot - even though it was supported by a majority of Boston voters. Ranked Choice Boston Executive Director Ed Shoemaker said the system is good for democracy. ...

As Tennessee lawmakers rushed toward the end of the 2022 legislative session, debates over a new school funding formula, the budget and critical race theory took center stage.

Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown created a political action committee to “help elect Republicans” but most of its funds were spent paying down debt from his failed previous campaign. The group donated less than 7% of its funds to the candidates it was set up to support, according to campaign finance records – a move one campaign finance expert likened to using the PAC as a “slush fund.”

Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown created a political action committee to “help elect Republicans” but most of its funds were spent paying down debt from his failed previous campaign. The group donated less than 7% of its funds to the candidates it was set up to support, according to campaign finance records – a move one campaign finance expert likened to using the PAC as a “slush fund.”

There are efforts to legalize gambling on election outcomes.

Before New Yorks legislative session ended, lawmakers expanded vote-by-mail access. The New York Early Mail Voter Act allows registered voters to get early mail voting ballots through an application to their local Board of Elections. Currently, 35 states and Washington, D.C. ...

By Faith Fistler / Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan reporting for the Kent State-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. Since 1912, Ohioans have been able to change the state constitution with just over 50 percent of the vote. Passage of Issue 1 on the ballot Aug. ...

"Never Back Down," a super PAC backing Republican candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis has been blurring the lines of campaign finance rules, calling for reform.

Enjoy this photo essay from recent performances around the Holy City.