American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” plurality voting system ...

In one of my first published columns ever, I advocated for ranked choice voting, which was at the time a lesser-known alternative way to conduct elections in which you rank several candidates in order ...

Santa Clara County’s special assessor race this year has cost the county tens of millions of dollars. A county advisory board ...

Alaska has a proud history of being unafraid to test new ideas in the field of government, and the decision of Alaskan voters to twice vote in support of ranked choice voting (RCV) is another example ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – Ranked-choice voting – where voters rank multiple candidates on their ballot, instead of picking just one — had a moment this summer, after political underdog Zohran Mandani ...

(WLUK) -- A democracy approaching its 250th birthday is reevaluating how to conduct its most democratic practice: voting. Earlier this week, New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani to be the ...

The prospect of making Annapolis the second Maryland jurisdiction to use ranked-choice voting in local elections drew 20 residents and advocates to speak out Monday at the Annapolis City Council ...

Students and speakers discussed political polarization and electoral reform at a panel held Monday evening by Yale Students for Ranked-Choice Voting — a nonpartisan political advocacy group. Adam Wood ...

When the first round of ballots were counted on Election Night, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter outpaced Kaohly Her by 1,727 votes — or just over 2.5% of all votes cast in the mayor’s race. Carter’s 41% ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ismar Volić, Wellesley College; Andy Schultz, Wellesley College, and David McCune, ...