RANKED-CHOICE VOTING is an innovative election system with the potential to eliminate vote-splitting, and is supported by nascent evidence that it could promote a more diverse slate of candidates. Massachusetts voters will […]
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Would ranked-choice voting have changed the 4th Congressional District race?
WHEN JESSE MERMELL gave her videotaped concession speech in the 4th Congressional District primary race on Friday, she did it in front of a sign that read “Jesse Mermell for RCV,” an acronym for ranked-choice voting. […]
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House candidate exit puts spotlight on ranked-choice voting
THE CROWDED DEMOCRATIC primary field in the Fourth Congressional District got a little less crowded Thursday morning when one of the candidates, Dave Cavell, announced he was suspending his campaign. […]
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Are you tired of electoral spoilers?
ADAM FRIEDMAN CALLS it being Nadered. In the 2012 congressional race in the 6th District, Democrat John Tierney won with 48 percent of the vote. Republican Richard Tisei came in […]
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Are you tired of electoral spoilers?
Adam Friedman calls it being Nadered. In the 2012 congressional race in the 6th District, Democrat John Tierney won with 46 percent of the vote. Republican Richard Tisei came in […]
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Maine experiments with ranked-choice voting
Shawn Moody won the Republican nomination for governor of Maine on Tuesday, but he won’t know his Democratic opponent for several more days because of a new ranked-choice voting system that […]
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Maine experiments with ranked-choice voting
Shawn Moody won the Republican nomination for governor of Maine on Tuesday, but he won’t know his Democratic opponent for several more days because of a new ranked-choice voting system that […]