Ranked-Choice Voting Backed in Midterm May Help "Crash-Proofing Our Democracy"
The election method allows voters to select multiple candidates in descending order of preference.
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The election method allows voters to select multiple candidates in descending order of preference.
One state, a handful of major cities and smaller jurisdictions have put RCV on the ballot this fall, giving voters the power to change how they elect their government officials. The RCV community is optimistic about the outcomes of those ballot measures.
Is voting for more than one candidate the iteration our elections need? Seattle Approves, an "approval voting" advocacy group, thinks so.
The Colville Reservation was one of six Washington reservations split during the 2011 redistricting, including the Yakama, Puyallup, Chehalis, Swinomish and Nisqually Reservations.
Some technology brothers want to change the way Seattle picks its politicians. Is their idea legal? Their lawyer says yes, other lawyers say "maybe, maybe not."