Report delivered: Ranked-choice voting advancing in Amherst In this file photo, Amherst residents cast their ballots in Amherst Town Hall. Gazette file photo By SCOTT MERZBACH AMHERST — A commission charged with examining how to implement ranked-choice voting for town elections is advising the Town Council to begin the state legislative authorization process soon so it can be in place for the biennial town election next fall. “The most pressing action needed is to get a special act passed by the state legislature,” states the 53-page report, delivered to council in advance of its meeting Monday, from the Ranked-Choice Voting Commission.