Ranked Choice Voting is a ballot counting method that results in selecting a true majority winner with a single ballot, giving the voter more choices while eliminating costly runoffs.
Ranked Choice Voting works by allowing the voter to rank his or her choices in order of preference. When the ballots are counted, each vote counts for the highest ranked candidate who can use it to win.
Ranked Choice Voting avoids the "spoiler" effect that prompts defensive voting, and leads to more choices on the ballot. RCV also saves time and money by accomplishing runoff elections with a single vote.
We couldn't resist making our very own YouTube song to promote the cause, and we know you won't be able to resist singing it everywhere that you go. It's catchy! So please enjoy this video for the new single by our very own "Ranked Choice Rockers"... Read More
After collecting 157 petition pages containing 1936 signatures, the City of Glendale has confirmed that Proposition 404 is qualified for the ballot on September 2, 2008. Congratulations to all of us and a big THANK YOU to so many of you who helped in all kinds of ways. Now comes the Winning Phase! Read More
Volunteers to Host Innovative Signature Gathering Event: Better Ballot Glendale, the citizens’ initiative to place Ranked Choice Voting on the city’s September election ballot, will host an innovative “drive through democracy” signature gathering event in support of the effort on Sunday, March 30, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the drive-through book drop area at Glendale’s Main Library, 5959 W. Brown, Glendale, 85302 (on 59th Avenue between Olive and Peoria Avenues.) Registered voters in Glendale are encouraged to drop ... Read More
A city of more than 60,000 people, Santa Fe (NM) voted 65% on March 4, 2008 to become the latest city to give a landslide win to instant runoff voting (IRV). Called ranked choice voting in Santa Fe, IRV has won 13 of the last 14 times it has appeared before voters in cities and counties across the nation. Led by Voting Matters, the campaign won a wide range of endorsements, including the mayor and local branches of Common Cause and Verified Voting. ... Read More
County next target for instant runoff voting BUT EVEN IF APPROVED, IT COULD BE YEARS BEFORE IT HAPPENS By Rick Barry City of Sarasota voters have already given overwhelming approval to a system of instant runoff voting, arguably the fairest, least expensive way to decide among three or more candidates for a single office when none of them earns a majority of votes, and making another round of campaigning and a second election unnecessary. Now, the group that brought IRV to the city, concerned that the ... Read More
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