The last two weeks have seen big developments for ranked choice voting (RCV) and the election reform movement – from Los Angeles to Texas to the White House.

The latest election reform news

• In a 10-1 vote, the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission recommended that the city adopt ranked choice voting to elect its mayor, City Council, and other city offices beginning in 2032. Read more.
• The Town of Newburgh, NY adopted proportional ranked choice voting to resolve a claim under the New York Voting Rights Act. Read more.
• Several major races in Texas will go to delayed runoff elections in late May because no candidate earned a majority of the vote. Read more, including on how ranked choice voting is a better alternative.
• Several news outlets have reported on a draft executive order that would declare a national emergency to expand the president’s authority over elections across the country. Read our analysis on what the Constitution and precedent say.
• In an interview with ReasonTV, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg explained why we can’t “just go back to the way things were,” and how ranked choice voting and other reforms can make our democracy work for everyone. Watch.
• Cal RCV’s Tom Charron and Rank the Vote Board Chair John Palmer have great new op-eds on how ranked choice voting could improve the crowded California governor’s race.

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