Our “choose-one” elections deprive voters of meaningful choices, create increasingly toxic campaign cycles, advance candidates who lack broad support and leave voters feeling like our voices are not heard.
Over the years, FairVote has identified how these problems have impacted local, state, and federal elections in states across the nation – and how ranked choice voting could solve them. It’s no surprise ranked choice voting (RCV) has become the fastest-growing voting reform in the nation – in total, it’s now used in 60 jurisdictions across 24 states, including statewide in Maine and Alaska.
Scroll down to find info on how RCV could improve your state’s elections – or already has.
Alabama
Alabama primary runoffs should be replaced with ranked choice voting (April 17, 2024)
Alabama primary runoffs have hefty price tag, low turnout (July 17, 2020)
Alaska
Alaska election results show ranked choice voting continues to work well for voters (December 11, 2024)
Alaska votes to keep ranked choice voting! (November 20, 2024)
FairVote analysis of Alaska’s preliminary cast vote record (November 12, 2024)
Webinar recap: Majority Rules Film Discussion (October 18, 2024)
Anchorage mayoral elections need ranked choice voting (April 3, 2024)
Alaska Natives are embracing ranked choice voting (January 18, 2024)
New Unite America report shows the benefits of RCV in Alaska (November 1, 2023)
Alaska’s new election system and Alaska Natives (June 2, 2023)
Analysis from Alaska’s RCV elections in November 2022 (December 23, 2022)
Alaska’s RCV winners earn strong mandates and reflect the state’s political diversity (November 23, 2022)
RCV in Alaska’s 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary (November 01, 2020)
Arizona
Arizona keeps nominating candidates without majority support. Ranked choice voting could help. (August 1, 2024)
Kyrsten Sinema could have stayed in Arizona’s Senate race with ranked choice voting (March 25, 2024)
Phoenix runoffs see turnout plummet (March 15, 2023)
The Sinema Conundrum (December 9, 2022)
Arkansas
FairVote news update: Apr 10, 2026 (April 15, 2026)
Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson endorses ranked choice voting (April 18, 2024)
California
Sacramento ranked choice voting campaign begins (April 6, 2026)
Democrats could be locked out of race for California governor (March 16, 2026)
Los Angeles moves toward ranked choice voting (March 2, 2026)
Santa Clara County runoff turnout dropped 53%. Ranked choice voting is the solution. (January 7, 2026)
A New Year’s Eve election? Santa Clara County runoff could be replaced with ranked choice voting. (December 18, 2025)
The 2025 elections heading for delayed runoffs (November 5, 2025)
California passes Prop 50 – but the gerrymandering wars need a national solution (November 5, 2025)
Oakland mayoral election 2025: Analysis (April 18, 2025)
First ranked choice election in Redondo Beach a success (March 14, 2025)
Poll shows Bay Area voters like ranked choice voting and are interested in proportional representation (January 27, 2025)
Ranked choice voting brings better elections to the Bay Area (November 11, 2024)
Analysis of Berkeley city council election using ranked choice voting (June 7, 2024)
California District 16 primary would have benefited from ranked choice voting (May 17, 2024)
California Senate election shows limits of top-two voting (March 7, 2024)
Case study: Voter turnout flounders in Sacramento primaries (November 27, 2023)
Proportional RCV improves diversity in Albany, and voters embrace it (December 21, 2022)
Case study: Racial turnout gap in San Bernardino primary elections (April 25, 2022)
Case study: Contingent runoffs in San Jose exacerbate racial turnout gap (March 23, 2022)
Reforming the Recall: Better Elections Lead to Better Outcomes (July 09, 2021)
Colorado
Election Day 2025: ranked choice voting in action (November 5, 2025)
How ranked choice voting is shaping the 2025 elections (October 28, 2025)
Colorado Governor Jared Polis endorses ranked choice voting (December 1, 2023)
Poll: Boulder voters love RCV (November 13, 2023)
Denver needs ranked choice voting (June 8, 2023)
Add Jacksonville and Colorado Springs to the list of cities that need RCV (May 17, 2023)
Denver and Chicago make the case for RCV (April 5, 2023)
Connecticut
New task force will study ranked choice voting in Connecticut (June 14, 2024)
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of Connecticut blazes a path for democracy (July 13, 2023)
Ranked choice voting is the solution for Connecticut (August 27, 2018)
Delaware
It’s time to ‘rank the vote’ in Delaware — and across America (from Delaware Online, January 9, 2021)
District of Columbia
How ranked choice voting is impacting the Washington, DC primary (April 23, 2026)
Indicted Washington, DC official returns to office with 30% support – a reminder why DC is moving to ranked choice voting (July 16, 2025)
Nation’s capital adopts ranked choice voting! (November 6, 2024)
Washington Post endorses ranked choice voting ballot measures (October 8, 2024)
Washington, DC primary leaves 77% of voters unheard (June 5, 2024)
Howard University Event Explores Ranked Choice Voting and Voting Rights (February 29, 2024)
Washington Post endorses ranked choice voting for D.C. City Council Race (May 18, 2020)
Florida
The 2025 elections heading for delayed runoffs (November 5, 2025)
Charleston and Miami Beach runoffs show the need for ranked choice voting (November 22, 2023)
Add Jacksonville and Colorado Springs to the list of cities that need RCV (May 17, 2023)
Elected without a majority: Plurality wins in 2021 (November 17, 2021)
Three-fourths of voters left unrepresented in Florida primaries (August 21, 2020)
Georgia
Georgia runoff sees turnout drop 10%. Ranked choice voting can help. (July 16, 2025)
92% turnout decline in Georgia runoff shows need for ranked choice voting (December 5, 2024)
Turnout for Georgia’s primary runoffs dropped as much as 78%. Ranked choice voting is the solution. (June 20, 2024)
Georgia runoff election excludes 400,000 voters. There is a better way to select winners. (December 7, 2022)
Georgia runoff sees low turnout, million dollar cost to fill 33 day term (December 2, 2020)
Will this latest Georgia runoff be the nail in the runoff coffin? (October 5, 2020)
Georgia Primary Runoffs Yield Abysmal Turnout (August 13, 2020)
A runoff election is not enough to restore “majority rule” to Georgia’s 9th district (June 11, 2020)
Hawaii
Hawaii passes ranked choice voting legislation (June 21, 2022)
RCV in Hawaii’s 2020 Democratic presidential primary (November 1, 2020)
Idaho
Alaska, Colorado, and Idaho newspapers endorse ranked choice voting (October 22, 2024)
Former Idaho Gov. Butch Otter endorses open primary ballot initiative (from the Idaho Capital Sun, September 13, 2023)
Illinois
Illinois primary candidates win with under 30% of the vote (March 18, 2026)
Survey: Illinois Democrats want ranked choice voting (March 17, 2026)
Skokie, IL adopts ranked choice voting (April 2, 2025)
Illinois cities are embracing ranked choice voting (May 3, 2024)
Denver and Chicago make the case for RCV (April 5, 2023)
The results are in for Chicago: We need ranked choice voting (March 1, 2023)
Indiana
Iowa
The Iowa Republican caucus should use ranked choice voting (January 12, 2024)
It’s time for Iowa to switch to a ranked choice voting primary (February 7, 2020)
Kansas
RCV in Kansas’s 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary (November 1, 2020)
Wichita, Kansas could simplify elections with ranked choice voting (November 08, 2019)
Kentucky
Kentucky GOP primary shows the need for ranked choice voting (May 17, 2023)
The other Kentucky Derby: the GOP gubernatorial primary (May 5, 2023)
Lousiana
Low-turnout Louisiana runoff elections should be replaced with ranked choice voting (December 9, 2024)
Bill Cassidy and Joe Manchin endorse ranked choice voting (May 16, 2024)
Louisiana runoffs have low turnout and high costs. Ranked choice voting can help. (April 30, 2024)
Milwaukee and Louisiana local elections make the case for RCV (May 3, 2023)
Maine
FairVote analysis of ranked choice voting count in Maine’s 2nd congressional district (November 8, 2024)
Ranked choice voting in Maine offers lessons for Oregon (September 27, 2024)
Albuquerque, Lewiston, and Houston need ranked choice voting (December 13, 2023)
Statement on Maine’s ranked choice voting results (November 16, 2022)
New poll shows 82% of Maine CD-2 voters find ranked choice voting easy (November 4, 2022)
Maine, Utah, and California are doubling down on ranked choice voting (April 14, 2022)
Maine leads the way with the first presidential election using RCV (November 18, 2020)
Key statistics from Maine’s second use of RCV (July 2020)
The history of ranked choice voting in Maine (October 2019)
Maine voters handle ranked choice voting well (November 15, 2018)
Maine voters make American electoral history (November 7, 2018)
Maryland
Greenbelt, MD voters approve ranked choice voting (November 5, 2025)
Greenbelt, MD to vote on ranked choice voting this November (September 9, 2025)
Maryland primaries need ranked choice voting (May 15, 2024)
Crowded election leaves Maryland voters underrepresented (July 25, 2022)
Amplifying Black and Latino voices in Maryland’s elections (February 17, 2022)
Massachusetts
Election Day 2025: ranked choice voting in action (November 5, 2025)
How ranked choice voting is shaping the 2025 elections (October 28, 2025)
Boston City Council and mayor approve ranked choice voting (May 23, 2025)
Cambridge shows RCV is a better way to fill vacancies in elected offices (October 17, 2024)
Boston voters want ranked choice voting (December 4, 2023)
Massachusetts House primary shows need for ranked choice voting (September 3, 2020)
Massachusetts 3rd District primary marks lowest plurality win so far (September 6, 2018)
Michigan
Michigan ranked choice voting campaign makes waves in the news (September 5, 2025)
Michigan cities could improve their elections with ranked choice voting (August 7, 2025)
Michigan needs ranked choice voting for its presidential election (April 25, 2024)
University of Michigan and Wayne State University panels on election reform (April 18, 2024)
Voters in three Michigan cities approve ranked choice voting (November 8, 2023)
Minnesota
Election Day 2025: ranked choice voting in action (November 5, 2025)
How ranked choice voting is shaping the 2025 elections (October 28, 2025)
Governor Tim Walz has track record of supporting ranked choice voting (August 6, 2024)
Minnesota Voting Rights Act ensures a fair vote for all (May 31, 2024)
2023 Ranked Choice Voting Elections in Minnesota (FairVote Minnesota – November 21, 2023)
Minnesota GOP Convention Illustrates the Value of Ranked Choice Voting (May 20, 2022)
2021 ranked choice voting election overview (FairVote Minnesota – December 28, 2021)
Minnesota congressional candidate recruited a third party spoiler to split his opponent’s vote (November 12, 2020)
Mississippi
Even with high turnout, Mississippi runoffs come at a cost (November 30, 2018)
Mississippi election of new member of Congress makes case for ranked choice voting (May 15, 2015)
Missouri
Missouri’s likely next leaders chosen without majority support (August 7, 2024)
Missouri primary demonstrates need for RCV (March 16, 2016)
Todd Akin and non-majority rule (August 24, 2012)
Montana
Nebraska
Group says ranked-choice voting in Nebraska would give people more voice (from KPTM, May 9, 2022)
Nevada
Nevada’s innovative use of RCV in 2020 gave greater voice to voters (May 16, 2022)
Poll: Nevada voters want better elections (December 4, 2018)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire primaries would be better with ranked choice voting (September 12, 2024)
New Hampshire primary needs RCV to prevent 5,500 wasted votes (January 24, 2024)
30% of Democratic votes in New Hampshire were “wasted” (February 14, 2020)
New Jersey
11 Democrats vie in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District (February 3, 2026)
Jersey City and Hoboken runoff turnout plummets. Ranked choice voting can help. (December 3, 2025)
The 2025 elections heading for delayed runoffs (November 5, 2025)
New Jersey Democratic primary leaves 66% of voters unheard. (June 11, 2025)
Crowded New Jersey primary shows need for ranked choice voting (June 6, 2025)
New Jersey can solve its “vote-splitting” problem with ranked choice voting (June 5, 2024)
What the Garden State would reap from proportional voting (March 22, 2022)
New Mexico
Election Day 2025: ranked choice voting in action (November 5, 2025)
The 2025 elections heading for delayed runoffs (November 5, 2025)
How ranked choice voting is shaping the 2025 elections (October 28, 2025)
Albuquerque, Lewiston, and Houston need ranked choice voting (December 13, 2023)
Webinar recap: Women Win with Ranked Choice Voting (June 12, 2023)
A Follow-Up With Some History-Making Women Who Support RCV (March 30, 2022)
History-Making Women and the RCV Elections That Put Them in Power (March 14, 2022)
Podcast: Maria Perez talks ranked choice voting in New Mexico (May 31, 2019)
Carmen Lopez-Wilson on Santa Fe’s first ranked choice voting election (March 22, 2018)
Exit survey analysis finds Santa Fe voters strongly support ranked choice voting, have high confidence in city elections (March 15, 2018)
Santa Fe’s 1st RCV election: clear outcomes, effective new ballot use (March 8, 2018)
New York
Newburgh, NY adopts proportional ranked choice voting (March 6, 2026)
Ranked choice voting in New York City’s 2025 primaries: an in-depth analysis (December 17, 2025)
New York mayoral election shows need to expand ranked choice voting (November 5, 2025)
Ranked choice voting would protect voter choice in New York City mayoral election (October 2, 2025)
Webinar recap: A deeper dive into New York City’s ranked choice voting election (August 22, 2025)
New York City cast vote record: An initial analysis of the 2025 Democratic mayoral primary (July 24, 2025)
Analysis: Ranked choice voting gave New Yorkers more choice, more voice (July 1, 2025)
Once again, ranked choice voting improved New York City elections (June 25, 2025)
Tomorrow’s ranked choice voting election in New York City (June 23, 2025)
What we’re watching in New York City’s ranked choice voting election on Tuesday (June 20, 2025)
The New York City primary elections: May update (May 15, 2025)
Ranked choice voting and New York City’s 2025 mayoral election: April update (April 4, 2025)
What we learned from New York City’s second ranked choice voting election (January 9, 2024)
New Yorkers continue to embrace ranked choice voting: Analysis from the 2023 primary (August 10, 2023)
Here’s what happened in New York’s RCV elections (July 5, 2023)
New York City’s 2023 ranked choice voting primaries (June 28, 2023)
New York Leaps Towards Fair Representation with the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (June 24, 2022)
Ranked choice voting in New York City: an in-depth analysis (December 2021)
RCV in New York City: Cast vote record analysis (July 22, 2021)
New York City’s Ranked Choice Voting Rollout: Better Elections Yield Better Results (July 10, 2021)
Exit poll: New Yorkers love ranked choice voting (June 30, 2021)
Historically Large Number of Candidates Run in RCV Elections in New York City (June 8, 2021)
North Carolina
Plurality wins in the 2024 general election (November 18, 2024)
Turnout fell 74% or more in North Carolina runoffs. Ranked choice voting would help. (May 15, 2024)
The Charlotte primary: rule by a fraction of a fraction (September 20, 2023)
North Dakota
“Don’t blame third-party voters for our problems” (from the Bismarck Tribune, October 12, 2023)
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oklahoma primary runoff sees turnout decline by one-fourth (August 27, 2020)
Primary runoff shows ranked choice voting would improve elections in Oklahoma (August 28, 2018)
Oregon
Poll: Portland, OR voters prefer ranked choice voting over old system (February 25, 2025)
Ranked choice voting debuts in Portland: Vast majority ranked their ballots and elected a candidate of choice (December 13)
New surveys: Alaska and Portland, OR voters find ranked choice voting simple (December 4, 2024)
Analysis: Portland election has high voter engagement and strong consensus for winners (November 14, 2024)
Portland, OR’s first ranked choice voting election: more choice, better representation (November 14, 2024)
Learning from Portland: what candidates should know about running in ranked choice voting elections (October 7, 2024)
Electing Portland’s Government with Ranked-Choice Voting (Portland League of Women Voters, 2024)
Ranked choice voting could be coming to Oregon (June 26, 2023)
Final Progress Report (Portland Charter Commission, January 2023)
YES on Measure 26-232: Ranked Choice Voting (Coalition of Communities of Color, 2022)
Fewest votes wins: Plurality victories in 2022 primaries (October 2022)
RCV ballot measures continue to gain momentum (July 11, 2022)
Frequently Asked Questions (Oregon Ranked Choice Voting)
Pennsylvania
The results are in: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh need ranked choice voting (May 17, 2023)
New Philadelphia mayoral poll shows potential impact of ranked choice voting (April 28, 2023)
This Week in Ranked Choice Voting: Pennsylvania and Virginia (December 22, 2022)
Rhode Island
Gabe Amo wins crowded Rhode Island primary (September 6, 2023)
Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District needs ranked choice voting (August 31, 2023)
South Carolina
Charleston and Miami Beach runoffs show the need for ranked choice voting (November 22, 2023)
Ranked choice voting straw polls in Iowa and South Carolina offer insight on 2024 primaries (September 11, 2023)
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Texas Senate and House races head to costly May runoff elections (March 4, 2026)
Runoff turnout drops 69% in Texas (February 2, 2026)
The 2025 elections heading for delayed runoffs (November 5, 2025)
Texas runoffs see 60% turnout decline. Ranked choice voting can help. (May 29, 2024)
Albuquerque, Lewiston, and Houston need ranked choice voting (December 13, 2023)
Dallas needs ranked choice voting (May 09, 2023)
U.S. Virgin Islands
Analysis of Virgin Islands presidential primary results (February 8, 2024)
Virgin Islands Republican caucus leads the way with RCV (February 6, 2024)
Utah
Ranked choice voting saves Utah voters hundreds of thousands of dollars (March 13, 2025)
Herbert Institute reports find ranked choice voting is working in Utah and voters like it (January 29, 2025)
Utah Democrats and Republicans continue to embrace ranked choice voting (April 19, 2024)
Utah cities show ranked choice voting in action (November 22, 2023)
Senator Mitt Romney shares support for ranked choice voting (October 18, 2023)
Ranked choice voting finds success in Utah in 2021 (May 24, 2022)
Survey: Utahns love ranked choice voting (November 18, 2021)
Vermont
Burlington’s first female mayor elected with RCV (March 6, 2024)
Burlington voters win with ranked choice voting (March 8, 2023)
Sen. Bernie Sanders endorses ranked choice voting (January 10, 2020)
Non-majority rules in August 25 primaries in Arizona, Florida and Vermont (August 26, 2010)
Virginia
Virginia passes law to expand ranked choice voting (April 22, 2026)
Successful Virginia referendum is latest front in national gerrymandering war (April 22, 2026)
A deep dive on Charlottesville’s ballot data (June 27, 2025)
Virginia elections show value of ranked choice voting (June 20, 2025)
Newport News Mayor Philip Jones endorses expansion of ranked choice voting (November 20, 2024)
Analyzing Arlington’s second ranked choice voting election (June 21, 2024)
Exit poll: 88% of Arlington voters say ranked choice voting is easy, 67% would like to use it in future elections (June 21, 2024)
Arlington County Board continues ranked choice voting for all future primaries, pilots RCV for 2024 general election (December 19, 2023)
Reading the reviews of Arlington’s first proportional ranked choice voting election (June 26, 2023)
Analyzing results from Arlington’s first proportional RCV election (June 23, 2023)
Successful ranked choice voting rollout in Arlington, VA (June 21, 2023)
Key Virginia candidates won primaries without majority support. Ranked choice voting can strengthen nominees. (June 20, 2024)
Ranked choice voting is improving VA GOP primaries. Other states should pay attention. (September 6, 2022)
Ranked Choice Voting in Virginia: A Conservative Solution for Party Nominations (September 2022)
Washington
Washington primaries could be improved with ranked choice voting (August 21, 2024)
Spotlight: FairVote Washington (July 8, 2022)
Early votes in Washington were more likely to be “wasted” (April 8, 2020)
West Virginia
Sen. Joe Manchin endorses ranked choice voting (November 17, 2023)
Wisconsin
Plurality wins in the 2024 general election (November 18, 2024)
Milwaukee and Louisiana local elections make the case for RCV (May 3, 2023)
How could ranked choice voting improve Wisconsin elections? (August 5, 2022)
The Wisconsin GOP’s convention would have benefited from ranked choice voting (May 26, 2022)
Wyoming
Ranked choice voting discussed in Wyoming as an alternative to runoff elections (April 1, 2021)
RCV in Wyoming’s 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary (November 1, 2020)
Wyoming, Alaska primaries highlight problems with plurality elections (August 22, 2018)