The Washington Post Editorial Board just endorsed ranked choice voting (RCV) ballot measures across the country this year! RCV allows voters to rank candidates on the ballot, giving voters more choices and ensuring winners have majority support.

RCV is on the ballot in four states and Washington, DC in November, and according to the Washington Post: “It deserves to pass.” The editorial points to RCV’s “myriad advantages,” including that:

Voters can vote for their preferred candidate, without worrying as much about wasting their vote or the ‘spoiler’ effect they could have on others in the race.

Candidates must attract people’s second- and third-place votes, giving them strong incentive to make broad-based appeals… For the same reason, ranked choice encourages everyone to campaign not on smears against their opponents or other negative angles but on more positive messages.

When the victor must either win a majority up front or collect second, third and fourth preferences, the public is more likely to be assured the victor has wide-ranging support.

The editorial notes how RCV works well in the 50 jurisdictions where it is currently used. The editorial points to New York, Santa Fe, and Minneapolis, where voters overwhelmingly report that they like and understand RCV. 

Click here to get involved in passing this year’s Washington-Post-approved RCV ballot measures!