Khalid Pitts | June 24, 2020 When Georgia’s recent election melted down — with six-hour lines, inoperable machines and too few paper ballots — the most affected locales had something in common: They were all majority-minority counties. Across Atlanta’s Fulton County and other predominantly black neighborhoods, voting precincts didn’t open on time, machines malfunctioned, and … Continue reading We can’t let Georgia’s election disaster happen again
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, at New Hampshire town hall, endorses ranked choice voting
Adam Ginsburg | January 10, 2020 Ranked choice voting rang in the new year with a prominent endorsement: that of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders, at a December 28 Concord, NH town hall sponsored by Equal Citizens and Open Democracy Action, indicated his support for the method, saying ranked choice voting (RCV) “is something I … Continue reading Sen. Bernie Sanders, at New Hampshire town hall, endorses ranked choice voting
Ranked-choice voting could guarantee that a candidate is elected by a majority
Lawrence Lessig | December 12, 2019 In theory, in a democracy, the majority wins. In reality, in America’s democracy, that’s not always so. The winner of an election in most of America is not necessarily the person supported by a majority. The winner is the one who gets the most votes. Consider the recent Democratic … Continue reading Ranked-choice voting could guarantee that a candidate is elected by a majority