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Presidential Primaries Are Built to Waste Votes. Ranked Choice Voting Could Change That.

Both parties have those who resist change, to be sure, but here’s why ranked choice voting makes so much sense for both Democrats and Republicans.

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Rob Richie

/ June 11, 2026

Presidential Primaries Are Built to Waste Votes. Ranked Choice Voting Could Change That.

Cumulative Voting: The Little-Known Reform That Could Crack Open America’s Two-Party Lock

Cumulative voting is another alternative to winner-take-all elections that has far more American uses today and is the one such alternative with a history in state legislative elections.

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Rob Richie

/ June 5, 2026

Ballot being cast. In the reform debate, cumulative voting and other systems based on voting for candidates deserve more attention.

Adding Ranked Choice Voting to Presidential Elections Could Happen by 2028

Imagine it’s election night 2024. A few close swing states will decide the presidency – and test the health of our democracy. In that scenario, we can be certain of two facts: Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump will win a majority of the vote, and votes for independent and third-party candidates wil

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Rob Richie

/ May 13, 2024

Adding Ranked Choice Voting to Presidential Elections Could Happen by 2028

We Cannot Fail on Election Reform in 2022

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished with permission from the publisher. ‍ For those seeking better elections and a more representative government

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Rob Richie

/ January 4, 2022

Election Reformers Made Important Gains in 2020; Now We Talk Next Steps

The biggest overlooked story from this election is how reformers made history, once again. From Virginia to California, voters sent a message that they want less hyper-partisanship, greater voter

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Rob Richie

/ November 12, 2020

Opinion: Ranked Choice Voting Must Be A Part of the Coronavirus Elections Fix

Richie is president and Daley a senior fellow at FairVote, a nonpartisan electoral reform group that promotes ranked-choice voting. This month Daley published "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling

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Rob Richie

/ March 30, 2020

Ranked Choice Voting Finds Its Way to the Floor of the US House

WASHINGTON, DC - The sweeping electoral reform measures encompassed in H.R. 1 expanded even further with the addition of a ranked choice voting clause. Backers of the bill recently added

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Rob Richie

/ March 3, 2019

Louisiana Statewide Race Decided by 17% of Voters, But There Is an “Instant” Solution

Louisiana held a special election for secretary of state in December, since no candidate got over 50% of the vote on Election Day. Yet, despite the fact that over 50%

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Rob Richie

/ January 15, 2019

Louisiana Statewide Race Decided by 17% of Voters, But There Is an "Instant" Solution

Louisiana held a special election for secretary of state in December, since no candidate got over 50% of the vote on Election Day. Yet, despite the fact that over 50%

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Rob Richie

/ January 15, 2019

Forget Red Wave, Forget Blue Wave, This is The Best Year for Pro-Voter Election Reform in 50 Years

Amid all the divisive ugliness inside the Beltway, here is some good news: 2018 may well be the best year in a half century for election reform. Today’s narrative

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Rob Richie

/ November 1, 2018

Ranked Choice Voting Draws Historic Voter Turnout in 2018 Midterms

The following blog is based on a new FairVote report on ranked choice voting elections in 2018In the first half of 2018, nearly half a million voters ranked their choices

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Rob Richie

/ July 12, 2018

Don't Blame Social Media for America's Division; Blame Our Elections

In the wake of a toxic presidential election and bitter partisan divides in Congress on every major issue, Americans are rightly wondering what has happened to our ability to rise

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Rob Richie

/ December 11, 2017