Rank My Vote Florida is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit Florida organization working to bring Instant Runoff Voting / Ranked Choice Voting to local, state, and federal elections in the Sunshine State. IRV / RCV has bipartisan support from multiple leaders throughout the country. Alaska (2020) and Utah (2020), are the most recent adopters of IRV / RCV. What exactly is IRV / RCV? Click HERE to learn more.
Democracy SOS, Rob Richie, CEO & President, FairVote
Tampa Bay Times, Todd Hooper
Tampa Bay Times, by Editorial Board
Florida Politics, by A.G. Gancarski
South Florida Sun Sentinel, by Sun Sentinel Editorial Board (paywall)
Newsmax, by Scott Rasmussen, founder and president of the Rasmussen Media Group
The Washington Post, Editorial Board
The Kansas City Star, Guest Commentary by Larry R. Bradley (Special to the Star), a leading member of Better Ballot KC
Today, the Oregon House passed House Bill 2004 with bipartisan support, which would establish a plan for implementing ranked choice voting (RVC) in Oregon, for voter consideration (Oregon House Speaker)
West Central Tribune, by Nate Plautz, Communications Consultant, RepresentUs
Politico Magazine, by James Traub
Discourse, by Jonathan Bydlak is the director of the Governance Program at the R Street Institute
New video explaining how Ranked Choice Voting works by the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center
RealClearPolitics, by Rob Richie, President & CEO of FairVote, a nonpartisan electoral reform group
Burlington, VT & Redondo Beach, CA have both placed RCV referendums on their 2023 ballots, by FairVote
Reason, by Joe Lancaster
Wisconsin Right Now - Unintimidated, by Kelly Grebe, member of leadership of Democracy Found (Wisconsin)
CNN, by By
The Hill, by Jim Jones, Opinion Contributor-Vietnam combat veteran, 8 years as Idaho Attorney General (1983-1991) & 12 years as justice on the Idaho Supreme Court (2005-2017)
It's Time to Talk about Electoral Reforms by Alex Tausanovitch, Senior Fellow
FALSE, here is an excellent article from the conservative Libertarian CATO INSTITUTE, detailing how Ranked Choice Voting is actually consistent with the US Constitution. Various courts throughout the country have ruled accordingly and this articles details those decisions supporting Ranked Choice Voting.
FALSE, here is another report from the Congressional Research Service that also details how RCV is legal for both State and Federal elections.
Kennesaw State University professors Kerwin Swint and J. Benjamin Taylor teamed up with their student Ayla McGinnis to analyze electoral and financial data from 59 of Georgia’s 159 counties. They estimated the 2020 Senate runoffs cost $75 million statewide to determine who would sit in the Senate.
Ranked choice voting has pulled off a small miracle – moderate Republicans and Democrats co-governing
Partisan outrage over Sarah Palin's defeat shouldn't obscure the obvious benefits of better voting systems by Reason
Keep track of all the Ranked Choice Voting was on the ballot this year and how it turned out (refresh occasionally)
Election Reform: Is History Repeating? A Q&A with Jack Santucci
MSN Article: Billionaire Mark Cuban Promotes New Voting System
In an interview with Nick Troiano, Unite America, Congressman Dan Crenshaw endorses IRV/RCV
FALSE, here is a sample of the State of Alaska November 8, 2022 ballot. Pretty straight forward with all candidates listed by office regardless of party affiliation, with a clear "bubble" for the voter to rank their preference in candidates all the to a fifth choice if a write-in candidate is considered. What could be simpler?
Rank My Vote Florida has trained speakers throughout the state of Florida that can either present to your organization virtually or in-person. Please contact Vilia Johnson, out Speakers Team Leader at [email protected]
Due to circumstances over the last couple of months, Rank My Vote Florida has updated their statewide petition in accordance to legislation passed this year. The petition refers to a proposed bill that RMVFL supports being passed in Tallahassee as soon as possible. Thank you for signing this petition.
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Program for Public Consultation, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland released an in-depth survey, where 61% of voters favor using RCV in general federal elections, including 49% of Republicans, 55% of Independents and 73% of Democrats. The survey consisted of 1.296 voters.
