As legislative sessions start up across the country we're reposting our January 2019 episode all about drafting RCV legislation. Listen in for pointers on how to write clear and concise RCV bills! Original episode description: Dave O'Brien, Staff Attorney at FairVote, joins Chris Hughes to talk about drafting effective ranked choice voting legislation. Link to resource mentioned in this episode: Colorado's RCV Regulations: www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/rule_makin…05-1/Rule26.pdf Episode Transcript: drive.google.com/open?id=1Le5FZs4…I8d8rCDu9629VMER

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RCV Rewind: Drafting Effective Ranked Choice Voting Legislation

Massachusetts voters had the opportunity to adopt ranked-choice voting statewide on November 3, 2020. In this three-part series, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center dives into how the campaign came together, what it took to get on the ballot, what the campaign did to reach prospective voters, and how the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to derail it all. In episode two, Jim Henderson, Joel Paul, and Liz Popolo walk through the signature gathering campaign, from getting approval to gather signatures to a mid-campaign pivot to digital signature gathering after the COVID-19 pandemic began. Learn more about the Yes on 2 campaign here: www.yeson2rcv.com/

The Massachusetts Campaign for Ranked Choice Voting, Part 2

Massachusetts voters have the opportunity to adopt ranked-choice voting statewide on November 3. In this three-part series, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center dives into how the campaign came together, what it took to get on the ballot, what the campaign did to reach prospective voters, and how the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to derail it all. In episode one, Liz Popolo and Greg Dennis talk through the early days of Voter Choice Massachusetts, from Fall 2016 through Winter 2019. Join us as they go from scrappy volunteer startup to full-fledged ballot campaign. Learn more about the Yes on 2 campaign here: https://www.yeson2rcv.com/

The Massachusetts Campaign for Ranked Choice Voting, Part 1

Rosemary Blizzard, Chris Hughes, and Kelly Sechrist give an update on everything the RCVRC has planned for the rest of 2020. Resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/rank_our_logo https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/universal_rcv_tabulator http://www.rcvresources.org/

The 2020 Mid-Year Update

Jennifer Morrell walks us through risk-limiting audits of ranked-choice voting contests in San Francisco, Alaska, Kansas, and Wyoming. We suggest listeners check out our first audits episode from October 2018 before listening to this episode. Available at this link: https://soundcloud.com/rcvrc/securing-ranked-choice-voting-elections Resources: Github Repository of RCV RLA Software: https://github.com/michelleblom/audit-irv-cp/tree/raire-branch You Can Do RLAs for IRV Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.00235.pdf

Risk-Limiting Audits of Ranked-Choice Voting

There's been a lot of talk lately about how the 2020 election will look in the midst of COVID-19. While moving to an all mail election seems like a viable answer, there are a lot of factors that will affect how Americans cast their ballots in November. Amber McReynolds, CEO of National Vote at Home and former Director of Elections for the City of Denver, sits down with the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center to discuss her own experiences with vote-by-mail implementation and how voting by mail may look as the election officials prepare to hold elections during a pandemic. National Vote at Home: https://www.voteathome.org/ Alaska RCV Primary Results: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bee0c9e4b0441ce96c4681/t/5e9275be2121991619e69679/1586656703552/AK+PRP+RCV+Display.pdf Wyoming RCV Primary Results: https://www.wyodems.org/2020caucusresults Hawaii RCV Primary Results: Coming May 22 Kansas RCV Primary Results: Coming May 2 Recommendations for running elections in a crisis: https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/2020ElectionReport.pdf

Voting by Mail in the Midst of a Pandemic

In this segment from our 2019 Symposium, Kristen Muszynski, Director of Communications for the Maine Secretary of State, walks us through how the State of Maine educated voters for their first-ever ranked-choice voting elections in 2018. Resources mentioned in this episode: Resources page from Maine Sec of State: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rcv.html How RCV Works Video from Maine Sec of State: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1APVk7SQk&feature=youtu.be Marked Ballot Examples: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/MarkedBallotExamplesFORWEB081518.pdf RCV FAQ: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rankedchoicefaq.html RCV Fact Sheet: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/pdf/rcvfactsheet.pdf Transcript coming soon!

Statewide Voter Education in Maine

We sent 500 ranked-choice voting ballots into the lion's den: middle school classrooms. Listen in as Rosemary Blizzard and Melissa Hall talk about what the Great Middle School Election of 2019 taught us about ranked-choice voting, Christmas carols, and the mind of the American middle schooler. Resources mentioned in this episode: The Great Middle School Election Ballot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MubuQC0EjL2DFDeXv2ZHZJQ_m4jrnGx4 The Great Middle School Election Ballot Survey: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pgFY1ErJOisTs6uqT8Ds901EXyXJjoK2 Introducing Ranked-Choice Voting Ballots: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CRG1dHBM6GEa08B82eTsJWzN7Zp77CHY/view

The Great Middle School Election of 2019

In this episode of RCV Clips, we mash up two older episodes of the show, Back to RCV Basics and Multi-Winner RCV, to give you RCV in a nutshell. Visuals always help, so here’s some ballots, voter education, and illustrations of how single- and multi-winner RCV get counted. Minneapolis Ballot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3K2g6lIQMWsYkNRYXFxZElLeEk/view Santa Fe Ballot: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/17Md8W3P2X6GSMWT9XDIMvUcxGnqpZ7Hd Voter education: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3K2g6lIQMWsRlZNWkVFd2NNQUk/view Single-winner counting process: www.rankedchoicevoting.org/single_seat Multi-winner counting process: https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/how_multi_seat_rcv_works Additional resources on single- and multi-winner RCV are available at these links: ABCs of RCV webinar: youtu.be/GrS1goTVJew Multi-winner RCV webinar: youtu.be/D9PWS3iLneM RCV in 2019 Webinar: https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/rcv_in_2019 On Cambridge's 70 year history of multi-winner RCV: fairvote.app.box.com/v/fair-rep-cambridge-effects History of Multi-Winner RCV in New York City: fairvote.app.box.com/v/PR-in-NYC

So How Does RCV Work, Again?

Rosemary Blizzard and Chris Hughes discuss the first-ever use of ranked-choice voting to remedy a Voting Rights Act complaint in Eastpointe, Michigan this year. Resources mentioned in this episode: Universal RCV Tabulator: https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/universal_rcv_tabulator Gingles v. Thornburg, 478 U.S. 30 (1985): https://www.oyez.org/cases/1985/83-1968 Alternative VRA Remedies: https://www.fairvote.org/fair_voting_in_the_united_states

Voting Rights in Eastpointe, Michigan

The RCVRC introduced the Universal RCV Tabulator in a webinar earlier this month. In this episode of RCV Clips, hear a segment from that webinar to learn more about how the Tabulator works and how to use it. To watch the whole webinar, follow this link: https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/universal_rcv_tabulator_webinar To download the Tabulator software, follow this link: https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/universal_rcv_tabulator

The Universal RCV Tabulator, v1.0.1

Chris Hughes and Rosemary Blizzard talk about the RCVRC's work so far this year and everything we're looking forward to this fall. Resources mentioned in this episode: Universal RCV Tabulator: https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/universal_rcv_tabulator 2019 Symposium: https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/2019_symposium Transcript for this episode: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wKTrzD9hSeDH5zYx28xruEk78CdZU-_I

The RCVRC Mid-Year Recap

David Triplett, Interim Election Director for Ramsey County, Minnesota, joins Chris Hughes to discuss how St. Paul, MN hand counts their ranked choice voting elections. For more information on RCV in Ramsey County, head to this site: https://www.ramseycounty.us/residents/elections-voting/voters/ranked-voting. Transcript for this episode: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EeA_4jNkl39dSmjfOEI63RGUxQl6mAQJ

Hand Counting RCV in St. Paul

Tom Peake, District 3 City Councilor for Easthampton, Massachusetts, joins to discuss the movement for RCV in Easthampton. Resources discussed in this episode: "Easthampton, Mass., Makes Push For Ranked-Choice Voting": https://www.nepr.net/post/easthampton-mass-makes-push-ranked-choice-voting#stream/0 Voter Choice Massachusetts: https://www.voterchoicema.org/ Transcript for this episode: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zI0YehUXuU5yt5_T2Y4BAngWgH2ms6Fq

RCV from A to Z in Easthampton, Massachusetts

On April 29 and 30th, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center held our second annual RCV Symposium. In this episode of RCV Clips, listen to Minneapolis City Council Member Linea Palmisano's presentation during Session 2: See How They Run: Campaigning as an RCV Candidate. After that, check out the rest of the sessions on our website (linked to below). Resources mentioned in this episode: RCV Symposium Page: https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/symposium Transcript: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1R7cFXTn9A5BkLT-0MkewshnICNHoGA2B

Symposium Recap: Campaigning as an RCV Candidate

Join the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center for our monthly podcast, where we cover ranked choice voting election administration topics ranging from drafting legislation to election certification. We'll have brief interviews with team members of the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center, election administrators who have run RCV elections, and more, to tell us about the resources available through the RCVRC and best practices learned from running RCV elections.

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